NASA testing the limits of engineering again

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

When it finally gets going we'll be back to our 1960s achievements of 50 years ago

All the Russian stuff went badoom

The Saturn 5 stuff really was at the edge of our abilities and the US did amazingly well to make it viable, albeit at huge expense

Now we have a new generation of new people with new technology having a go at it again

…first major glitch achieved in 60 seconds…

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Shortly before 22:30 GMT (17:30 EST) on Saturday, the four engines ignited, burning for more than a minute before the event was aborted

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[Ady1Participant @ady1]

[Neil LickfoldParticipant @neillickfold44316]

Goes to show how good the engineers really were that developed the Saturn5 1st stage rocket engine. One of a few designs with zero failures. Just goes to show that the engineers in this program have not simulated nor thought out all the issues that the engines are actually facing. A lot needs to be considered , and takes very special people to be able to look at the over all system, and see the potential issues. Often single tests are totally successful , but when multiple engines are employed issues begin to arise that were not there for the single engine test. Sometimes it is a frequency clash that can cause a whole lot of previously undisclosed issues. That happened on the first multi engine aircraft.

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

Not too ambitious then.

I thought from the title that they might be trying to get them to agree on something!

I must admit, it is good to see them trying to get back to the moon.

Regards.

David.

[BC ProfParticipant @bcprof]

Let us hope that the engineers continue to see the "Big Picture" and not just what would meet a particular immediate goal.

I once asked my yr 8 science class whether they would put people in a room with a pure oxygen atmosphere with anything that could burn and then lock them in . They all said no. Shame that the Apollo 1 capsule designers did not think in the same way when they were concerned with meeting certain goals.

Brian

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