Article gains traction on Hacker News with 181 points
2 Sep 17 5:14 PM · 6d ago · 2 posts · 1 comment · 2 sources · development 2 of 6
A resubmission of the piece climbed to 181 points and 51 comments on Hacker News, generating a large technical discussion thread about Raptor's design evolution.
“no need to exaggerate this by showing a partially assembled engine”
Tory Bruno, Then-CEO of United Launch Alliance · hn ↗
Elon Musk SpaceX CEO
Tory Bruno Then-CEO of United Launch Alliance
Gwynne Shotwell SpaceX presidentSpaceX Company
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The thrust vector control (TVC) subsystem is usually considered a part of the engine. The major change the Soviet NK-33 underwent for a USA model was the addition of TVC, and the engine was named differently, so there are two engines, named differently, which mostly differ by the presence of TVC.Raptors can be used without TVC. Be that by using…
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