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28th Oct 2014, 23:30

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Same engine as the N-1 Soviet Moon Booster, with a few US Modifications. Looks like it suffered the same issue that caused two of the N-1's to fail, i.e. Oxygen Turbopump failure / explosion. Trashed the launch pad like the second N-1 did as well.

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