Founder and Owner of Spacex Spacex Ilon Mask in an interview with EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT recognized that the inspiration draws in Russian developments. His words lead RIA Novosti.
According to the American inventor, he spends a lot of time studying the design of Russian rocket engines. Mask noted that he himself created hundreds of different designs. He also spoke about the enhancements in the Raptor engine for the superheavy Multi-Fair Rocket Super Heavy. The creator of Spacex clarified that this is an engine with a complete gasification of combustion components, which is now greater than the pressure than before. At the same time, Mask noticed that these are relatively small improvements, if compared with the fact that the Russians have already done. “
The fact that Spacex completed the construction of a hundred-rocket engine Raptor, it became known at the end of July. In February 2019, Mask stated that in terms of pressure in the combustion chamber, this power unit surpassed the Russian RC-180 rocket engine.