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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Re : Re: Re : SSME Vs. F-1
Message-ID: <3313@phred.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 90 16:27:14 GMT
References: <6303@crash.cts.com> <1990Dec15.235958.10187@zoo.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
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In article <1990Dec15.235958.10187@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>The SSME is infamous for short life expectancy and poor reliability.  The F-1
>was not.

The SSME is also quite a bit more complicated than the F-1 for good reasons.
They needed a fast-start engine. The F-1 took 3 times longer to get up to
thrust.    Peter Jarvis.....