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> All successful designs so far have one or two main engines What a ridiculous falsehood. Every manned rocket to reach orbit since 1966 has used 5 or more engi
by starbase 3y ago
> All successful designs so far have one or two main engines
What a ridiculous falsehood. Every manned rocket to reach orbit since 1966 has used 5 or more engines. Of those that are currently operational, none have fewer than 8.
- starbase 3y agoToo late to edit so I'll add here. Soyuz first stage is 5 engines, and 5 is less than 8. Each engine has 4 main combustion chambers and four nozzles so it looks like 20 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/19853973575/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/19853973575/in/pho...
- avmich 3y agoAnd 2 to 4 steering engines, 3 tons of thrust each, counting them we get to 32.