Re: Could Falcon 9 compete with the Stick?
- From: Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:59:32 -0500
Damon Hill wrote:
Right now we must wait to see if this egg successfully hatches
and grows up, let alone multiply into a 27-engine behemoth.
Got my fingers crossed that it doesn't turn into a flightless
turkey.
I think anything beyond 10 engines max inspushing it in the reliability department; if they do get a 27 engine design, they have gone very close to N-1 territory.
The advantage would be that you could lose a engine or two (maybe even 4) and still reach orbit; the downside is that you are counting on benign shutdowns of faulty engines, so you don't get a cascade failure if one motor explodes.
Pat .
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