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SpaceX Raptor engine (Super Heavy/Starship Propulsion) - General Thread 1
Chris Bergin:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/10/its-propulsion-evolution-raptor-engine/ - by Alejandro G. Belluscio.
Follows on from his previous Raptor overview two years ago:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34197.0
And because this is now updated to what has been revealed, this is the continuation thread.
AndyX:
Fascinating read into the challenges of a full flow engine unit. Didn't realize it was that unique and that it was more unique to the west.
Dante80:
That was a terrific article, many thanks for that!!
Dante80:
Also, this makes the thing more intriguing. It might be a big coincidence, but a 1MN dev model with a nozzle area ratio of 150:1 might be very close/exactly what is needed for a Falcon9/FH Mvac methalox replacement.
Which is what incidentally the USAF paid for when entering a contract with SpaceX for this.
Too many coincidences?...XD
cro-magnon gramps:
That was an excellent article, that even a novice like myself could follow...
one question popped up: will the Raptor be more difficult to mass produce than the present Merlin engines?
Thanks...
Gramps...
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