The F-1 Rocket Engine is Back!

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The F-1 Rocket Engine is Back!

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NASA has spent a lot of time and money resurrecting the F-1 rocket engine that powered the Saturn V back in the 1960s and 1970s, and Ars recently spent a week at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to get the inside scoop on how the effort came to be. But there's a very practical reason why NASA is putting old rocket parts up on a test stand and firing them off: its latest launch vehicle might be powered by engines that look, sound, and work a whole lot like the legendary F-1.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/ ... of-thrust/
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I attended one of the gas generator tests back in January. It was really great to see the old hardware up and running again.
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What an incredible sight it would be to see the F1 engines up and running again. Hearing stories from people who saw such a sight in person (back in the Saturn V days) is thrilling. How exciting!
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SpaceCanada wrote:What an incredible sight it would be to see the F1 engines up and running again. Hearing stories from people who saw such a sight in person (back in the Saturn V days) is thrilling. How exciting!
So amazing of this old faithful engine. Always standing the test of time. Looking forward to what is just ahead of the F-1.
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