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The Raptor engines are more advanced than those NK-31's right? I mean by newer manufacturing but I remember seeing something about these Russian engines that we
by jcun4128 6y ago
The Raptor engines are more advanced than those NK-31's right? I mean by newer manufacturing but I remember seeing something about these Russian engines that were closed off in some factory somewhere/later(years) found and they were supposedly still more advanced/powerful(efficient?) than modern rockets.
- nine_k 6y agoYou likely meant his engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-180 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-180 It wasn't used in the Soviet lunar program; these are remnants of the Soviet Space Shuttle-like program (specifically the Energia rocket that lifted the Buran space plane).
- jcun4128 6y agoyeah that's possible those are the ones, I just remember seeing some documentary about finding these Russian rocket engines that were hidden away to protect them from being destroyed I think edit: oh it's NK33/RD180 [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMbl_ofF3AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMbl_ofF3AM
- nickik 6y agoYou are right and by some measures they were. However current engines like Raptor, BE-4 and in some ways Marlin, will be in many way more advanced.