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Well, the Falcon Heavy doesn't use heavy lift engines. It just uses 27 medium-sized engines, 9 per core.
by DuskStar 11y ago
Well, the Falcon Heavy doesn't use heavy lift engines. It just uses 27 medium-sized engines, 9 per core.
- mikeash 11y agoRight, but as Falcon Heavy demonstrates, you don't need "heavy lift engines" to build a heavy lifter. Going bigger than Falcon Heavy with the Merlin engines is probably getting a bit excessive, but the Falcon Heavy will already be one of the largest capacity rockets out there.