A Difference Of Thrust
Michael Mecham says “the Delta IV Heavy’s 2-million-lb. liftoff thrust is the most of any expendable rocket since the Saturn V . . .” Didn’t the Titan IV have around 3? (The reader is correct. The Titan IV’s two solid rocket booster motors had a combined 3 million lb. thrust. Its two-stage liquid...
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