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		barbacoa on April 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after laun... Having a whole bunch of engines means loosing a few at launch won't end in disaster. That means you can pursue more high-risk, high-performance engine designs.

vkou on April 21, 2023 [–]

The N1 was designed with 30 engines, under that same theory.

It, uh, didn't do so well. As it turns out, getting 30 rocket engines to run at once is not trivial.

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