Re:SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High
by cdash on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @07:24PM
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Pretty much, yes. They want to keep the people making those engines employed. I think there might be some talk about eventually going to a renewed F-1 engine with a much reduced complexity and greater thrust than the original. There is a reason why the SLS is also known as the Senate Launch System.
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> They want to keep the people making those engines employed.
It's more like wanting the companies that make them more profitable by requiring no retooling. I don't buy the "it's about the workers" thing.