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|    Greg (Strider) Moore to Snidely    |
|    Re: Used, beaten up rockets gaining popu    |
|    09 Nov 20 07:03:12    |
      From: mooregr@deletethisgreenms.com              "Snidely" wrote in message news:mn.458c7e4b01aa0c02.127094@snitoo...       >       >Lo, on the 11/8/2020, Greg (Strider) Moore did proclaim ...       >> "Snidely" wrote in message news:mn.3d6c7e4b28a58571.127094@snitoo...       >>>       >>>With a quizzical look, JF Mezei observed:       >>       >>>> What is so different with Falcon9 that allows it to ingnite its own       >>>> engines that nobody else can do?       >>>       >>>Designed for restarts from the beginning. Most second stage engines are       >>>also so designed, plus the shuttle main engines. I don't know if SLS has       >>>retained that capability, but Wikipedia suggests that the RS-25 has it       >>>still ... dual-redundant spark igniters in the injectors of the       >>>preburners.       >>       >> The SSME were not designed to have relight capability. I don't know the       >> details, but a pad abort for example required them to do servicing.       >> Since there was no real reason for inflight reignition ability, my       >> understanding is they never put it in.       >       >Ooops. Or OMS.              :-)                     >       >/dps       >              --       Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/       CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net       IT Disaster Response -       https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Response-Lessons-Learned-Field/dp/1484221834/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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