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What if the N1 used R-7 derived parts? And was smaller? And used Earth orbit rendezvous? The new engines seemed shite

>>14625250
It almost worked. A fifth vehicle was built but was scrapped

>>14625274
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>>14625299
Fuckkkkkk who is this? I thought the ISS was purposely neutral?

Reading about the different N1 failures is interesting

Flight 1
>One engine shuts down right at liftoff
>Another engine is shut down immediately
>A third engine ruptures and spills fuel causing a fire
>First stage shuts down at T+68 seconds because of a fire
>RIP N1

Flight 2
>Vehicle lifts off successfully
>An engine turbopump fails immediately
>The KORD computer shuts down all the engines on accident
>After clearing the tower, ALL ENGINES shut down EXCEPT ONE
>Vehicle pitches over and lands back on the pad
>Largest non nuclear explosion in history

Flight 3
>Vehicle lifts off the pad successfully
>Random currents and waves form in the propellant tanks of the N1
>1 minute into flight, the vehicle rolls too much and is ripped apart

Flight 4
>Vehicle lifts off and the flight goes great for a while
>15 seconds before stage separation, the inner 6 engines are shut down as planned
>Shutting down the engines is violent and breaks pipes inside N1’s first stage
>The N1 fucking explodes
>Engineers state that if they didn’t shut down the engines and just ignited stage 2 early the flight would’ve been fine

Flight 5
>Upgraded version of the N1 with NK-33 engines.
>NK-33 can be fired on a test stand making it more reliable
>Entire vehicle is completed
>Suddenly the program is cancelled and N1 Flight 5 is scrapped
>This is because Chelomi hated Korolev and wanted to end his program