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Did some digging on Wikipedia. Saturn V used 5x1 Rocketdyne F-1 at 1,746k pounds of thrust each. Made in the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketdyne_F-1
by AdamTReineke 11y ago
Did some digging on Wikipedia.
Saturn V used 5x1 Rocketdyne F-1 at 1,746k pounds of thrust each. Made in the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketdyne_F-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketdyne_F-1
Soyuz uses the 5x4 RD-107 engine at 229k pounds of thrust each. Made in Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-107
Falcon Heavy uses 9x3 of the Merlin 1D engines at 185k pounds of thrust each. Made in the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(rocket_engine_family)#Merlin_1D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(rocket_engine_family)#...
Boeing Space Launch System uses two solid rocket boosters and 4x1 RS-25D/E engines (the same ones the Space Shuttle used) at 512k pounds of thrust each. Made in the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_main_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_main_engine
- swampthinker 11y ago1746k each? That's obscene.
- dtparr 11y agoFor reference, the Space Shuttle SRBs were 2800k each at launch and bumped up over 3000k. This chart is a little nuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Srbthrust2.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Srbthrust2.svg
- rbanffy 11y agoIt's true the SRBs were powerful, but I wonder how much of that was compensated by structural elements needed to live with their vibrations. I remember the original Ares I concept would vibrate the astronauts to death before the solid 1st stage burned out.
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