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   "ed kyle"  wrote in message   
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   > "Rajesh Khanna"  wrote in message   
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   > > Hello All:   
   > > Who has the most powerfull rocket engine?  In terms of  Lifting   
   capability?   
   > >   
      
    I thought I had posted a response, but two days have passed and   
    I don't see it here, so here goes again.   
      
    For liquid propulsion, the answer is the Glushko/Energomash   
    RD-171, which, at 740 metric tons of sea-level, and 806 tons   
    of vacuum, thrust, is the most powerful liquid propellant   
    rocket engine ever flown.  It powers the Zenit first stage,   
    which is now most often flown for Sea Launch.   
      
     - Ed Kyle   
      
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