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Offline Skye

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РД-270М
« on: 05/20/2025 11:53 am »
Can we talk about the insanity of this engine? Not only was it a Soviet FFSC engine IN THE 60s, but also the M variant (this thread’s focus) ran on N2O4 and PENTABORANE of all things!? Genuinely what?
« Last Edit: 05/20/2025 11:53 am by Skye »
“Now it is clear that anyone working with rocket fuels is outstandingly mad. I don’t mean garden-variety crazy or a merely raving lunatic. I mean a record-shattering exponent of far-out insanity.” - John D. Clark

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