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You'd have to redesign it from scratch - it would be faster. Which is what happened with the SLS engine/launch vehicle. Duplicating the F1 would involve techno
by xyzzy21 6y ago
You'd have to redesign it from scratch - it would be faster. Which is what happened with the SLS engine/launch vehicle.
Duplicating the F1 would involve technology and knowledge of individual engineers who are dead and corporations that no longer exist. The TACIT knowledge and technologies required to go with the blueprints died with them.
https://www.space.com/nasa-saturn-v-and-sls-compared.html https://www.space.com/nasa-saturn-v-and-sls-compared.html
https://ourplnt.com/remake-rocketdyne-f-1-engine-humans-moon/ https://ourplnt.com/remake-rocketdyne-f-1-engine-humans-moon...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovD0aLdRUs0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovD0aLdRUs0