"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Schedule a bit iffy at the moment:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1001/20taurus2/
It will be interesting to see the old N-1 NK-33 engines in action.

Supposedly they're robust engines (typical Russian over engineering). The
biggest problem with the N-1 seemed to be the use of so many engines without
a proper series of ground tests of the stages. Too many corners were cut in
the vehicle program...

Orbital will be flying refurbished NK-33 engines with updated US
electronics, so if anything goes wrong with the engine, hopefully the
telemetry will reveal the problem.

Jeff
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