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There's a documentary about the NK-33 called "The engine that came in from the cold". Pretty amazing story - the Russians had these engines hidden in a warehous
by tjmc 14y ago
There's a documentary about the NK-33 called "The engine that came in from the cold".
Pretty amazing story - the Russians had these engines hidden in a warehouse for over 20 years before the Americans found out about them and they were better than anything that had been developed in the meantime.
It's on Google video here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5787437371570928 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5787437371570928
- bane 14y agoGood find. "In 2010 stockpiled NK-33 engines were successfully tested for use by the Orbital Sciences Antares light-to-medium-lift launcher." If I'm not mistaken, isn't the Antares lifter the other lifter by Orbital that's currently in parallel production to SpaceX's (but not almost never talked about in the media)?