"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
06/20/2018 at 22:00 • Filed to: Spacelopnik | 4
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The Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 has been in service since 1962. It’s served as a upper stage engine for a number of traditional unmanned boosters and was part of the Apollo, Shuttle and SLS programs. It’s done just about everything.
For Sweden
> f86sabre
06/20/2018 at 22:13 |
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Americans design an upper-stage engine, decide it will do for the rest of time.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> f86sabre
06/20/2018 at 22:20 |
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But can it see why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?
wafflesnfalafel
> f86sabre
06/20/2018 at 22:28 |
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When I was growing up we lived up the valley from the testing facility north of Redmond, WA - we’d hear the test burns. They don’t do any testing there anymore that I am aware of.
ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
06/20/2018 at 23:35 |
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If it ain’t broke...