• Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    It sure did lose a lot of engines. It also appeared to be doing that slewing thing where the rocket appears to be flying sideways (relative to its attitude) due to a lack of thrust. Really it looked like one of my over ambitious KSP attempts.

    • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I've always felt N1 vibes from the booster stage. Having 30+ (still powerful) engines all firing at once gives you a lot of points for failure.

      Obviously, it did beat out the N1 by being able to clear the pad, but even if they can compensate for the failures of a few (3-5) engines per flight, that bodes ill for the re-usability of the craft.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Obviously, it did beat out the N1 by being able to clear the pad

        One of the N1s cleared the pad on one occasion, flying for 107 seconds and failing just before stage separation. Also one of the engines that failed was from the central 3 that are used to perform the landing, so that aint good either.