1960's Russian NK-33 engines refurbished by a Ukranian company Yuzhnoe. Uncrewed, thank goodness, and likely to stay that way until it gets USA made engines.
1960's Russian NK-33 engines refurbished by a Ukranian company Yuzhnoe. Uncrewed, thank goodness, and likely to stay that way until it gets USA made engines.
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. - Richard P. Feynman
Experience is the hardest teacher. She gives the test before the lesson.
Really pretty explosion. Fire is so beautiful when it moves like that.
Also, I'm thinking the US's track record for things not exploding, unmanned or otherwise, in the 60's was just great.
There are rules. Knowing those are easy. There are exceptions to the rules. Knowing those are easy. Knowing when to use them is slightly less easy. There are exceptions to the exceptions. Knowing those is a little more tricky, and know when to use those is even more so. Our industry is FULL of all of the above.
"Aviation (aerospace) in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect."
And hey, let's face it, it is rocket science....
There are rules. Knowing those are easy. There are exceptions to the rules. Knowing those are easy. Knowing when to use them is slightly less easy. There are exceptions to the exceptions. Knowing those is a little more tricky, and know when to use those is even more so. Our industry is FULL of all of the above.
Bang, zoom, to the moon! The Saturn F1 engine never failed in flight.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/...-back-to-life/
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. - Richard P. Feynman
Experience is the hardest teacher. She gives the test before the lesson.
The SSME's used in the STS program were ran at 103% rating in every flight without failure. The F1 and the J2 from the Saturn V were quite remarkable.
The STS will be un-matched, the technical marvel of flying re-usable jumbo wide-body gliders is mezmerizing. I sure miss those birds, hard to think of them is just museum relics with plenty left on their airframes.
Clinton Tower
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We were watching the sky in CT. My wife saw a tiny lighted dot moving across and we thought, "That was a lot of hype for nothing." A while later she saw the message that it never got aywhere near CT. Maybe next time.
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