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Originally Posted by Rochard
Let me rephrase. The engines were made in the Soviet Union.
However, I seriously question why we are using Soviet engines, no less why we are using engines from the 1970s.
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They were made in Soviet Ukrainian Republic more than 40 years ago. Note: not designed, but physically
made. These engines were never used on Soviet rockets. They were a part of cancelled Soviet maned Moon landing project. Neither Soviet Union nor Russia has produced them for the real rockets. The USA just bought all that old rusty junk from Soviet warehouses. I really don't understand those idiots who decided to use that shit on their modern rockets. Guys, design your own rocket engines already and stop using the 40+ year old Soviet technology which is was decommissioned by Russia a long time ago.