Raptor engines are very well designed, Starship is much bigger than the Saturn five hence the large amount of engines needed. It is true none the less that the F1 Engine was a one of a kind. NASA should just scrap Starliner.
Wasn’t it Yamato who had a famous quote”we have awoken the Sleeping Giant and filled him with a terrible resolve”! I think that was the correct quote. We now must have that terrible resolve.
In the mid 70’s I came across an article about the shroud. It intrigued me and when ever more news about it came out I was drawn to seek it out. Now in 1978 Im a platoon leader of a Hawk Missile Btry. in Germany, my wife is pregnant and because of the lack of officers available to pull duty Ive just come off pulling months of back to back duty. The previous Sunday our priest announced again about the parish trip to see the shroud. It was also going to be studied by scientists from the Air Force Academy beginning on the last day of its public exposition. Some how I was able to get a few days leave and with my wife’s permission I was able to go. It was a fantastic experience. In line for an hour finally got to the Altar where is was suspended above. At first every thing seemed washed out then slowly I could begin to see it, it was there the whole body visible right in front of me. While looking all of a sudden I got this feeling to turn around. When I did I got to see the output of the feeling of faith from the faces staring up in wonderment at the Holy Display. It was a blessed feeling. Later after dinner we walked back to the Cathedral and we could see the scientists beginning to set their equipment up to study it. What a day it was.
I couldn’t wait so i went and read all the Silo books, by the way I thought the Foundation adaptation by Apple was AWFUL, Main Characters turned into black women, a triune Emperor, Harry Seldon alive when he was already dead in the book. It was a complete give in to wokeness. They totally destroyed it.