On Tue, 31 Mar 2020, roxanna Mason wrote:
That said, the P&W guys also benefitted from (in many cases)
coming from the aircraft-engine business. When they ended up
being called in to do a review of the SSME turbopumps, Mulready
says they were horrified at some of the manufacturing practices
they found -- far more suited to one-shot missile engines than to
long-life man-rated reusable engines.
It's just that, the turbojet engine business is primarily why I gave P&W
such high marks for turbo-machinery. The "one-shot" remark baffles me...
