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on April 16, 2018
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Soviet-Era Industrial Design
The US still hasn't caught up. SpaceX's Merlin engine is more advanced and less advanced than the best Russian engines: less efficient, but extremely simple (in sophisticated ways like face shut-off), and much cheaper, despite being built in LA.
Raptor and the BE-4 will probably close the gap.
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Raptor and the BE-4 will probably close the gap.