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According to Wikipedia, the reactor on a Virginia-class sub has 280,000 hp (thermal, I guess) and 2x40,000 shp steam turbines.

So a little less oomph than 2 out of the 5 fuel pumps on a Saturn V, just for an irrelevant comparison ;)



Those Saturn Vs are so amazing.

Everything I think about them. As you state, just the fuel pumps (that pump fuel at cryo temperatures) are hundreds if thousands of horsepower and are amazing fears of engineering on their own. Each piece of that engine is like that.

I had the immense privilege of seeing a few F1s in person recently in DC and I was not let down.

Thank you for bringing them up.




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