From: utzoo!decvax!cca!DIETZ@USC-ECL@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: SSME chamber pressure
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1463
Posted: Fri May 14 10:03:34 1982
Received: Sat May 15 01:02:04 1982

From: Paul Dietz 
You have to be careful talking about the SSME chamber pressure because
the engine has (I think) two chambers.  The first is where the H2 and O2
get mixed together.  They finish buringing in the second, which is connected
to the nozzle.

The SSME pressure is quite high; I seem to remember it being at least twice
that of the Apollo engines.  Also, what does the Ariane first stage burn?
Kerosene?  This may give a lower pressure.
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