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Going to guess you don't actually know what the details are in the comparison betwen the N1 and Starship, because this is a incredibly uniformed comment without any arguments/evidence.


N1: 30 engines working next to each other instead of big engines. Starship: 33 engines working next to each other. There might be some details, but concept and idea are same.


Thats basically saying a car made in the mid 1900 is the same as a car made in 2020's because they have 4 wheels.

It demonstrates a profound ignorance of the improvements made in technology and engineering in over 50 years.


No, it is like comparing 4 stroke engine from 1960 and 4 stroke from today. Still same concept despite the fact that engine from today has ECU.

N1 was only rocket attempting this setup before Starship. And failed miserably.


Falcon Heavy, with 27 engines, has had a number of successful launches, and zero failures.




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