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		rsynnott 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly > So they had to pick something else & ended up with far too many (for that time) not very reliable NK-15 engines. I mean, I would note that the first stage of this has 33 engines (N1 had 30, Saturn V had 5).

m4rtink 8 months ago [–]

Sure, even with Falcon 9 many found it iffy to have so many engines - but it turned out fine. Hopefully modern control hardware and QA can handle also 30+. :)

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