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0 pointsrsynnott9mo ago0 comments

> So they had to pick something else & ended up with far too many (for that time) not very reliable NK-15 engines.

I mean, I would note that the first stage of this has 33 engines (N1 had 30, Saturn V had 5).

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Sure, even with Falcon 9 many found it iffy to have so many engines - but it turned out fine. Hopefully modern control hardware and QA can handle also 30+. :)

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0 pointsrsynnott9mo ago0 comments

> So they had to pick something else & ended up with far too many (for that time) not very reliable NK-15 engines.

I mean, I would note that the first stage of this has 33 engines (N1 had 30, Saturn V had 5).

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m4rtink9mo ago

Sure, even with Falcon 9 many found it iffy to have so many engines - but it turned out fine. Hopefully modern control hardware and QA can handle also 30+. :)

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