MOONBASE CENTRAL: russian rocket rollout

Friday, 22 December 2017

Hi Woodsy,

I came across some images of the old Russian moon rocket N1, which sadly exploded soon after take off.

What am amazing design - looks like something from the Apollo toys series?

Seasons greetings,

Andy B

Anonymous12/22/2017 5:28 pm
The Russian space hardware has ever had, IMO, a very peculiar aesthetics that I personally like very much: e.g., both the N1 rocket above and the Vostok/Soyuz ones. Or the Lunochod, for crying out loud! :-D
SR
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Tony K12/22/2017 8:38 pm
Interesting to see the Soviet side of the Space Race. The dramatic design and imposing appearance of the N1 rocket would've been equally at home on the set of a vintage Sci Fi movie. A very good find, Andy :)
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WOTAN12/23/2017 2:56 pm
The N1 was Russias answer to the Saturn V, but much bigger and more powerful. It would have placed a lone cosmonaut on the moon far earlier than Armstrong and probably eventually placed a base on the moon. The decision to change the fuel to a much more unstable base, meant that a loose component caused a misfire during a test launch, which destroyed the rocket, levelled Baikonur launch facility and incinerated most of the scientific crew around the pad. The loss of the facility and over half the team responsible for the N1, plus the premature death shortly after of Chief Designer Koryolev during a botched surgical operation, put the Russians way behind in the Space Race.
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Friday, 22 December 2017