I think it's more that Elon wanted to keep similar size rocket hardware to
what their factory was already setup to do, but wanted as much thrust and
Isp as he could get.
~Jon
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Henry Vanderbilt <
hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Could be for the same reason Shuttle went for relatively high-pressure
main engines: Combining good sea-level Isp and good vacuum Isp in minimum
vehicle aft cross-section area.
On 9/28/2016 5:33 PM, Alexander Ponomarenko wrote:
Still wondering why they selected champion
chamber pressure.
