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For size comparison, interesting that they put a SLS block 1 in there, which has never flown or been to orbit, but didn't include the Soviet N1 which at least h
by walrus01 5y ago
For size comparison, interesting that they put a SLS block 1 in there, which has never flown or been to orbit, but didn't include the Soviet N1 which at least has flown a few times (in catastrophic, exploding fashion) but also has never been to orbit.
They did include an Energia, which is a defunct program and has zero chances of ever getting manufactured again, same as the N1.
- colechristensen 5y agoI mean, the SLS is slated for a launch in the next few months and the N1 was a failed program that ended fifty years ago. I can see very well the reasons for including one and not the other.
- walrus01 5y agocertainly, but it's also not rare to see an N1 when doing a side-by-side comparison with the Saturn V
- mhh__ 5y agoEnergia could (could...) Fly again according to some recent chatter. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a22515248/russia-super-rocket-energia/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a22515248/rus...
- T-A 5y agoThat article is from 2018. And no, that proposal never went anywhere.
- mhh__ 5y agoI heard something about it recently I think, but yes I wouldn't bet more than a penny on it ever happening.
- panick21_ 5y agoNo, just no. The Russian announced about 20 major space projects every year and about 0.1 of them are ever more then that. Anybody that has watched the Russian space program knows this is nonsense. They have barley enough money to continue to fly their 50 year old rockets. Their supposed next generation rocket has barley ever flown. Since that article they have already announced like 3 other rockets as well. Russian space program is 50 year old soviet tech and a lot of political propaganda.