Equating Engine Variables
Reader Dale L. Jensen overlooks the fact that the same engineers designed and developed the space shuttle main engine (SSME) and the RS-68, and in both cases optimized them for the application. The SSME is a reusable engine that fires from sea level to orbit (basically like a single stage to orbit)...
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