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0 pointsgavinray2y ago0 comments

Thanks for the genuine response, it wasn't a troll comment.

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I was also genuinely interested in your simple question, "what makes the functioning of all the engines so difficult?"

You received a response with many words but I don't think it contains a real answer, other than "the Soviets couldn't do it".

nick2222262y ago

Because of combustion instability modes, cascading failures, and finally the simple difficulty of high reliability operation of a piece of machinery that is so highly stressed.

There is a very interesting book about it, called Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Rocket Engines: Testing and Development Practices in Russia.

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panarky2y ago

I was also genuinely interested in your simple question, "what makes the functioning of all the engines so difficult?"

You received a response with many words but I don't think it contains a real answer, other than "the Soviets couldn't do it".

nick2222262y ago

Because of combustion instability modes, cascading failures, and finally the simple difficulty of high reliability operation of a piece of machinery that is so highly stressed.

There is a very interesting book about it, called Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Rocket Engines: Testing and Development Practices in Russia.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse