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Elon Musk Lauds Brilliant Russian Rocket Engine RD-180 in Core of US' Atlas V
The reliable and relatively cheap RD-180 engine is designed by a Russian research and development company especially for the US Atlas carrier rockets, but there are reportedly plans to put them to use in the production of Russian super-heavy rockets.
The head of SpaceX Elon Musk has praised the RD-180’s engine, designed and manufactured by Russia’s NPO Energomash and used on the American booster Atlas V, noting though that the need to exploit it is “embarrassing:”
The Russian-designed liquid-fuel rocket engine RD-180 powers the first stage of the American rocket carrier Atlas V. As many as 85 flights of rockets powered by the engine have been conducted to date...
https://sputniknews.com/science/201812231070943288-musk-russian-engine-rd180-atlas/
The reliable and relatively cheap RD-180 engine is designed by a Russian research and development company especially for the US Atlas carrier rockets, but there are reportedly plans to put them to use in the production of Russian super-heavy rockets.
The head of SpaceX Elon Musk has praised the RD-180’s engine, designed and manufactured by Russia’s NPO Energomash and used on the American booster Atlas V, noting though that the need to exploit it is “embarrassing:”
The Russian-designed liquid-fuel rocket engine RD-180 powers the first stage of the American rocket carrier Atlas V. As many as 85 flights of rockets powered by the engine have been conducted to date...
https://sputniknews.com/science/201812231070943288-musk-russian-engine-rd180-atlas/