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Re:SpaceX ramps up Raptor production as Starship rocket will... by pixl97 on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:21PM (#27374764)
The N1 was terrifying and the engines were untested due to the way they worked.

Since this is a reusable rocket stage static fires of some or all the engines at once will be possible.

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Re:SpaceX ramps up Raptor production as Starship rocket will... by avmich on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @11:09PM (#27376820)
N1 was about as terrifying as Saturn-V. They are rather similar in weight, length... With Saturn-V, Americans had to solve the problem of immense trust per chamber - F-1 weren't easy to develop. With N-1 Russians were hitting quite high Isp, but didn't get the reliability of the engines in time. So, both monsters had to work with advanced at the time engines.
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