WI: Glushko did not denounced Korolev?

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It would certainly help the N-1. The thirty engines pattern was a kludge.

Glushko actually ground-tested the RD-270 circa 1970 (kind of Soviet F-1 running on storable propellants, and it had combustion instability issues). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-270
The RD-270 was not for the N-1 but for the "rival" Chelomei UR-700 that was never funded.
The issue with the RD-270 was the amount of storable propellants it needed - those things are extremely toxic.

Ideally, Glushko would design an alternate RD-270 a) for Korolev's N-1 and b) with LOX/kerosene, not storable propellants. The 800 pounds gorilla remains combustion instability issues. They plagued the F-1 early testing (and were eventually solved). They plagued the RD-270 and Energia's RD-170 http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rd170.html

Btw - are you the same Hendryk that was banned a while back ?
 
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