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How SpaceX streamlined the Raptor engine

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  1. advisedwang · · focus · HN ↗
    > A full-flow staged combustion engine is very complex, and prior to the Raptor only two had been built, neither of which successfully flew on a rocket.

    Isn't the Space shuttle main engine / SLS engine a full-flow staged combustion engine?

    1. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗
      As it said raptor was the first and the SLS engines are way older.

      I think China has made a full flow engine too.

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