vanilla - 22/4/2006 8:44 AMWhat are the differences and similarities between a FASTRAC and the Merlin 1 engine used on SpaceX's Falcon?
meiza - 22/4/2006 8:34 AMAs some other forum member mentioned in the Spacex threads, Barber-Nichols, who built the turbopumps for the FASTRAC engine, now builds the Merlin engine pumps. NASA money went to build their expertise:http://www.barber-nichols.com/products/rocket_engine_turbopumps/
kraisee - 21/4/2006 3:31 PMI know one guy from the Fastrac team, now working for NASA at MSFC who was offered the position of lead engineer for the CLV upper stage. Not sure if he accepted though, and haven't see him since STS-114 last year.
wannamoonbase - 22/4/2006 10:39 PMI love the stuff NASA does, I just wish it could be done for 1/10th the cost so ten times as much stuff could be done.
kraisee - 23/4/2006 5:56 PMQuotekraisee - 21/4/2006 3:31 PMI know one guy from the Fastrac team, now working for NASA at MSFC who was offered the position of lead engineer for the CLV upper stage. Not sure if he accepted though, and haven't see him since STS-114 last year.Yes. He got the job.R.