Wow! Awesome! I always wondered why we didn't reproduce the mighty F1 Engines from the first stage of the Saturn V all these years. Even bought some of the urban myths that NASA had lost or thrown out all the plans/blueprints.
Nope! Turns out they had them properly archived all along, and a group of engineers finally got around to getting the ball rolling by asking the simple question: "What can we learn from these old engines and can we make modern versions?"
The answers according to this article is - "More than you'd think possible" and "YES!"
Looks like NASA's SLS launch system has a good chance of having some modernized F1 Saturn Engines lifting Orion and other payloads to orbit! ^_^
How NASA brought the monstrous F1 Moon Rocket back to life.
Nope! Turns out they had them properly archived all along, and a group of engineers finally got around to getting the ball rolling by asking the simple question: "What can we learn from these old engines and can we make modern versions?"
The answers according to this article is - "More than you'd think possible" and "YES!"
Looks like NASA's SLS launch system has a good chance of having some modernized F1 Saturn Engines lifting Orion and other payloads to orbit! ^_^
How NASA brought the monstrous F1 Moon Rocket back to life.