Lots of people compare #Starship to the Soviet Union's N1 and wonder if @SpaceX has fallen into a similarly flawed design that plagued the N1? Why did they choose so many engines? Will it continue to suffer a similar fate over and over like the N1 or is there something inherently different?
Today we answer those questions and compare the two most powerful rockets ever made, from different sides of the world and from completely different eras to figure out how they’re similar and perhaps more importantly, how they’re different.
Music by Everyday Astronaut: "Trans-lunar Coast" and "CRYO" available wherever you stream
Article version with links and sources -
https://everydayastronaut.com/starship-vs-n1/
https://youtu.be/AgqZMK22LEk?si=dUjstiHWSitNHCVN