i originally edited out the "greater thrust" part of my comment because the articles says they're about the same. Maybe the article mixed things up and is apply

i originally edited out the "greater thrust" part of my comment because the articles says they're about the same. Maybe the article mixed things up and is applying the vacuum thrust of rs-25 to the sea level thrust of raptor? rs-25 vacuum thrust = 512,000 lbs, sea level = 418,00 lbs raptor2 thrust = 510,000 lbs It's not clear if that's sea level or vacuum for raptor2 but i would assume sea level since it came from a test stand and raptor2 hasn't flown in a vacuum yet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Raptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Raptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-25