soviets were going to do reusable with energia 2/uragan. literally on wikipedia.
the US only developed closed cycle engines after the collapse of the USSR spurred tech transfers from the soviet public sector. if it weren't for years and years of soviet investment, elon, maybe even nasa, would still be fucking around with open cycle engines like little babies
I didn't know anything about closed cycle engines so I read this article, and it seems that the Space Shuttle had fuel-rich closed cycle engines with dual preburners/pumps. This required special pressurized seals for the oxygen pump to keep it from exploding.
This was a really interesting read and you seem pretty well informed on the subject, do you have any recommendations for reading on the Soviet space program?
soviets were going to do reusable with energia 2/uragan. literally on wikipedia.
the US only developed closed cycle engines after the collapse of the USSR spurred tech transfers from the soviet public sector. if it weren't for years and years of soviet investment, elon, maybe even nasa, would still be fucking around with open cycle engines like little babies
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I didn't know anything about closed cycle engines so I read this article, and it seems that the Space Shuttle had fuel-rich closed cycle engines with dual preburners/pumps. This required special pressurized seals for the oxygen pump to keep it from exploding.
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This was a really interesting read and you seem pretty well informed on the subject, do you have any recommendations for reading on the Soviet space program?
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Thank you! I'll check those both out.
Thanks!