NASA retesting Saturn V F1 rocket engine

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eyebiter

January 28, 2013, 01:03:48 AM
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/saturn-v-moon-rocket-engine-firing-again-after-40-years-sort-of/

"The F-1 is a gas-generator cycle rocket engine, burning a bit of fuel outside the combustion chamber to power the pumps of the engine."

TheCommandTent

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January 28, 2013, 09:10:54 AM
It will be interesting to see if they can refine the engine to improved use out of it.


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January 28, 2013, 06:06:57 PM
what worries me is that part where they laser scanned parts for replacement.
not so much that the tech isnt valid but that NASA lost the original blueprints!
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January 28, 2013, 07:10:56 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on January 28, 2013, 06:06:57 PM
what worries me is that part where they laser scanned parts for replacement.
not so much that the tech isnt valid but that NASA lost the original blueprints!

I wouldn't worry. They are probably sitting, safe and sound, on some Chinese server somewhere.
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January 28, 2013, 07:40:31 PM
Most likely it is the blueprints are still on site at Nasa Goddard in Greenbelt, Md.
However, with the latest round of personnel cuts, no one can find anything.
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January 28, 2013, 07:47:07 PM
It has been my experience that people getting laid off aren't all to careful about where things are left when they leave.
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January 28, 2013, 09:37:39 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on January 28, 2013, 07:10:56 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on January 28, 2013, 06:06:57 PM
what worries me is that part where they laser scanned parts for replacement.
not so much that the tech isnt valid but that NASA lost the original blueprints!

I wouldn't worry. They are probably sitting, safe and sound, on some Chinese server somewhere.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry at that statement, given that it's probably true  :P
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