Good article on reverse engineering rocket engines

[Kevin Johnson]

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/ ... k-to-life/

[MODNROD]

Thanks for that man.

Good to see some of those skills still being available.

[bigblock]

Love these sort of articles.I take it gravity fuel feed was out of the question lol,jeez 55000hp just for pumps.Just to add ares rocket test and good shuttle footage.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofXhSndO ... re=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoNITE- ... re=related

[140Air]

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/ ... k-to-life/

Yes, the Saturn V was the "Mother of All Boosters" before we even had that wonderful phrase from Saddam. On another topic a poster cited the use of Hydrogen for rocket fuel. The Saturn V used kerosene w liquid Oxygen. The advantage of H2 is for the weight, the mass energy density of H2 being the highest. However, you have to count the weight of the tank and everything and when you do that the weight advantage of H2 diminishes with the increasing size of the rocket.

[nitro2]

Thanks for posting the article.