Monday, April 15, 2013
Monstrous F-1 "Moon Rocket" Engine Back to Life
The combination of 5 F-1 rocket engines on NASA's Saturn 5 first stage booster had a power output of 60 gigawatts. That is enough power to lift a good sized battleship off the ground. And this was 1960s technology. Engineers at Huntsville's Marshall Spaceflight Center have been dissecting a surviving F-1 to learn how to build a new version. Luckily, a flight ready version was found in storage, which was icing on the proverbial space cake. This is really worth a read.
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