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Re:SpaceX Launches Super-Heavy Communications Satellite by nickik on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @03:25PM (#14352472)
What are you talking about Vulcain is just a hydrolox gas-generator cycle.

SpaceX Raptor engine, BlueOrigin BE-4, Space Shuttle Main Engine and a number of others are far more impressive then the Vulcain.

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Re:SpaceX Launches Super-Heavy Communications Satellite by kuschku on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @04:06PM (#14352833)
I give you Raptor and BE-4, but Vulcain is definitely a lot more interesting than Merlin and the Space Shuttle engines.
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Re:SpaceX Launches Super-Heavy Communications Satellite by nickik on Thursday May 18, 2017 @12:19PM (#14368504)
Why? SSME is the highest performance engine ever, it a fuel rich staged combustion.

Marlin is mostly interesting because of its thrust-to-weight ratio, but there I might agree with you.

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