Книга рекордов Гиннесса указывает в рекорде "
самая мощная ракета" советскую ракету "Н-1", о которой А.И.Попов написал несколько статей и которую упоминает в своей книге:
The N-1 booster of the former USSR (also known as the G-1 in the west), first launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, on 21 February 1969. It had a thrust of 4620 tonnes, but exploded at takeoff + 70 seconds.
А в некоторых старых изданиях книги как таковая упоминается другая советская ракета – "Энергия", или обе ракеты. Интересно проследить историю этого рекорда:
1983 год: "Н-1 и "Сатурн-5":
It has been suggested that the USSR lunar booster which blew up at Tyuratam at the summer (July?) of 1969 had a thrust of 10-14 million lb. There is some evidence of a launch of a USSR "G" class lunar booster, larger than Saturn V, May 11, 1973. (на следующей строке) The most powerful rocket that has been (нечетливо) is the Saturn V...
(это говорит, что когда-то рекорд был присужден "Сатурну-5"):

1991 год: "Энергия":
The USSR's Energia, first launched on May 15, 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, when fully loaded weighs 2,646 tons and has a thrust of over 4,410 tons. It is capable of placing 154 tons in low earth orbit...
(обратите внимание: 154 т!)

1995 год: "Н-1":
The N1 booster of the former USSR (also known as the G-1 in the West), first launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam, Kazakhstan on 21 Feb 1969, had a thrust of 4620 tonnes, but exploded at takeoff + 70 secs.

1997 год: "Н-1" и "Энергия":
The N1 booster of the former USSR, first launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam, Kazakhstan on 21 Feb 1969, had a thrust of 5,200 tons but exploded at takeoff + 70 seconds. Its current booster, Energya, first launched on May 15, 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, has a thrust of 3,900 tons. It is capable of placing 116 tons into low Earth Orbit.
(тяга "Энергии" снизилась с 4410 до 3900 т, а полезная нагрузка – с 154 до 116 т!)


1998 год: "Н-1":
]The N1 booster of the former USSR, first launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam, Kazakhstan on 21 Feb 1969, had a thrust of 5,200 tons but it exploded at takeoff + 70 seconds.
(тяга "Н-1" всё ещё 5200 т, но потом снизится до 4620 т – см. выше)
Историята не се нуждае от пренаписване, а от осмисляне. (История не нуждается в переписывании, а в осмыслении.)
