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Could the Rocketdyne F-1 have been reused?

fectin has it- Physically reusable, practically, not worth it. Physically, the metals involved were pretty much kept within their operating limits, and the bearings might also be within their ...
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Could the Rocketdyne F-1 have been reused?

I found a definitive statement from one of the engine designers, Robert Biggs: The only reason this was a non-reusable engine was it was non-recoverable. If we could have recovered it after a flight, ...
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Could the Rocketdyne F-1 have been reused?

According to Henry Spencer on this yarchive.net posting: almost any regeneratively-cooled liquid rocket engine is reusable, even if it was built for expendable vehicles. The design requirement for ...
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