I saw a Rocketdyne F-1 engine during a visit to the National Air and Space Museum. It was an enormous piece of steel, I had expected some sci-fi material.
@smartereveryday.bsky.social give us a glimpse into its development:
Apollo Engineer Explain the Saturn 5 Rocket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nLHIM2IPRY
@smartereveryday.bsky.social give us a glimpse into its development:
Apollo Engineer Explain the Saturn 5 Rocket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nLHIM2IPRY
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Rocketdyne-F1-Engine-Familiarization-Manual
by NASA
https://archive.org/details/rocketdyne-f1-engine-familiarization-manual/F-1%20Rocket%20Engine%20Technical%20Manual%20Supplement%20%28R-3896-1A%29/page/n3/mode/2up
An engineering marvel from the 1960s.
Don't try to build this at home kids. It uses a 50,000 horsepower jet engine for its turbopump.
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