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Soyuz does the job alright, but its a complex system that could be simplified with what we know today, for example the Soyuz launcher have 20 main engines in a
by walkingolof 8y ago
Soyuz does the job alright, but its a complex system that could be simplified with what we know today, for example the Soyuz launcher have 20 main engines in a complex arrangement that was the cause of the last accident.
- proaralyst 8y agoI thought it had five main engines, four with six chambers and the fifth with eight?
- walkingolof 8y agoTrue, Sloppy nomenclature of me, it have 5 "engine" assemblies, with in total of 20 main chambers and 12 vernier chambers, a complex setup, Falcon 9 have, well, 9, all the same. Ref RD-107: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-107#/media/File:RD-107_Vostok.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-107#/media/File:RD-107_Vost...