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Soviet Moon Rocket
TestBoy writes "There is a decent article about the Soviet Union's moon rocket and why it was doomed to fail. From one of the pictures on the website, you realize how large just one of its multiple engines were."
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Size doesn't matter, it's how you use it. I get told that all the time, so it must be true.
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Wow, helluva barbeque opportunity missed there...
I don't know why they had so much trouble getting the thing to work. This isn't rocket sci.... oh. Never mind.
Wow. That's a pretty big rocket engine. It makes you wonder if the engineers who designed it were compensating for something..
An obvious joke, I know, but SOMEBODY had to make it!
"dark side of the moon"
"physicsgenius"
umm. ok. whatever.
(okay, so I just wanted to try out my new .sig . . .)
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Here's a link to some cool drawings of the N1's. Of course, these drawings mean nothing. My theory is that the Soviet moon mission was as faked as the US one. Here's photographic proof that the N1's were only about 15 ft tall! Seeing is believing. You do believe me, don't you?
You must be a "nice guy" as well.
Moonraker.
The moon rocket was actualy made by these people and stolen by the soviets.
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In 1997, 94 leftover N1 engines were sold to the American company Kistler for refurbishment and incorporation into a new rocket. So what did Kristler do with them? --Actually the company was Chrysler, not Kristler and they were used in the construction of the Prowler.
Clearly, the Soviet space program was hamstrung by the fact that during the cold war, magnetic north was in the territory of the west. Without free access to the actual magnetic North Pole (though Lech Walesa was a pretty magnetic Pole), they obviously had a hard time navigating, as their most sophisticated navigational equipment (besides the sextant) was a souvenir compass obtained from an East German high school science fair.
Too bad they don't have the budget to pursue the moon again now that magnetic north will actually be in their own territory. They would have a distinct advantage over Nasa if they could make Nasa pay for access to magnetic north, maybe on a subscription basis or using micropayments.
All this rocket stuff is so confusing!
He looked at me and said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send your fingerprints off to Washington."
It was called "Salvage 1" - - don't bother.
These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
What do you mean by sharing the same basic design? Pointy end up - Fiery end down?
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan