The World's Biggest Jet Engine Is Brawnier Than Alan Shepard's Rocket

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The Wright Flyer took off in 1903 powered by a measly 12 horsepower straight-four. Little did Orville and Wilbur know that just 110 years later, their pokey engines would eventually lead to a power plant with more horsepower than The Titanic and Shepard's Mercury-Redstone 3—combined.
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The World's Biggest Jet Engine Is Brawnier Than Alan Shepard's Rocket

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