When I was just out of high school, in the 1960's, America built the most powerful engine ever built by humans.
And for the next 60 or so years, it remained the most power engine ever built. It was the Saturn V rocket that took humans to the moon.
Today, in the very south part of Texas sits another launch rocket, the Space X Super Heavy Lift. Barring the unforeseen, this launcher will lift off within the next several months, with its capacity of nearly twice that of the Saturn V.
And these engines are steam engines as they blast steam out their exhaust cones to produce their thrust. Footnote for those who have not studied Chemistry, when you burn Hydrogen you produce water at high temperature.
And for the next 60 or so years, it remained the most power engine ever built. It was the Saturn V rocket that took humans to the moon.
Today, in the very south part of Texas sits another launch rocket, the Space X Super Heavy Lift. Barring the unforeseen, this launcher will lift off within the next several months, with its capacity of nearly twice that of the Saturn V.
And these engines are steam engines as they blast steam out their exhaust cones to produce their thrust. Footnote for those who have not studied Chemistry, when you burn Hydrogen you produce water at high temperature.