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The Saturn V
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:03 pm
Obviously a side discussion after the recent Falcon Heavy launch. Why hasn't there been another rocket launch of similar capacity? Is it solely cost restrictive?
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:06 pm to redstick13
No real need. As technology progressed, satellites have gotten smaller and required smaller rockets.
Falcon Heavy and BFR will be taking up the next generation of space stations and interplanetary travel vehicles.
Falcon Heavy and BFR will be taking up the next generation of space stations and interplanetary travel vehicles.
This post was edited on 2/12/18 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:18 pm to redstick13
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Obviously a side discussion after the recent Falcon Heavy launch. Why hasn't there been another rocket launch of similar capacity? Is it solely cost restrictive?
Because we haven't needed to develop a fake technology race to bankrupt the Russians since then. Saturn V was an empty shell that couldn't get past orbit.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:20 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Because we haven't needed to develop a fake technology race to bankrupt the Russians since then. Saturn V was an empty shell that couldn't get past orbit.
Flat earth and all.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:20 pm to redstick13
The SpaceX Falcon heavy does not have anywhere near the payload capability of the Saturn V. For low earth orbit or trans lunar injection the Saturn V will lift 3 times the payload as the Falcon Heavy.
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Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:25 pm to redstick13
All I know if that I would have loved to have seen a Saturn V launch. My old man remembers when they tested all five engines at once at Stennis. You could hear them and they would rattle the windows all the way to Abita Springs.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:40 pm to TheFonz
They used to test out the engines at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, and they relocated the testing to Stennis because they were blowing out windows in people’s homes as far out as Decatur.
Dude saying the Sat V is an empty shell is dumb enough to give me Ebola.
Dude saying the Sat V is an empty shell is dumb enough to give me Ebola.
This post was edited on 2/12/18 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:49 pm to EA6B
And the falcon heavy cannot put a manned lunar mission into escape velocity. However that’s the mission of the SLS or the SpaceX BFR
Posted on 2/12/18 at 7:52 pm to TheFonz
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I would have loved to have seen a Saturn V launch.
One of my earliest memories was seeing the Apollo 17 launch just past midnight in person. I was four but it made a big impression.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:01 pm to redstick13
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the Saturn V
I had a Saturn ion once
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:15 pm to redstick13
The Saturn V complex at KSC is really impressive to see. It’s amazing how massive it is.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:19 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Because we haven't needed to develop a fake technology race to bankrupt the Russians since then. Saturn V was an empty shell that couldn't get past orbit.
Do you people really exist? Or is it just an entertaining troll-job for you?
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:20 pm to Ross
There's video that shows the incredible power and noise of the Saturn V, but I would have loved to experience it IRL
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:25 pm to LSUwag
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The Saturn V complex at KSC is really impressive to see. It’s amazing how massive it is.
For some reason, seeing it laid out end to end like that makes it seem bigger than if it was standing upright. The thing is just huge.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:26 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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There's video that shows the incredible power and noise of the Saturn V, but I would have loved to experience it IRL
Saturn V: S-IC
Saturn V S1C first stage test stand firing sequences with Dolby 5 1 sound
This post was edited on 2/12/18 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:27 pm to redstick13
I’m in Houston visiting family and we took the Johnson Space Center tour where you get to see the Saturn V. Massive is an understatement, especially those 5 hulking engines on the back of it. I would have loved to see that thing in action. 30 bucks to get in but money well spent if we get serious about space exploration again.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:30 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Because we haven't needed to develop a fake technology race to bankrupt the Russians since then. Saturn V was an empty shell that couldn't get past orbit.
Someone has been watching Interstellar a bit much, certainly only takes one number to measure your arse.
This post was edited on 2/12/18 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:41 pm to ElectricWizard0
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I’m in Houston visiting family and we took the Johnson Space Center tour where you get to see the Saturn V. Massive is an understatement, especially those 5 hulking engines on the back of it.
I loved the JSC tour as a kid!
Y'all are aware that a first-stage Saturn V is on display at ISC, adjacent to Stennis SC (and visible from eastbound lanes of I-10)? Was at Michoud for decades.
Apollo 19 Saturn V stage arrives at Infinity Science Center for display
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:46 pm to ElectricWizard0
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I’m in Houston visiting family and we took the Johnson Space Center tour where you get to see the Saturn V. Massive is an understatement, especially those 5 hulking engines on the back of it. I would have loved to see that thing in action. 30 bucks to get in but money well spent if we get serious about space exploration again.
I've toured Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers years ago, so I might have them mixed up. I seem to remember Johnson having all five stages laid out horizontally outside the building. Kennedy had them inside a building and you had to take a bus to get there (and out to the launch pads).
This was not too long after From The Earth To The Moon came out. Late '90s or so. Or maybe it was after Apollo 13 came out. I can't remember. But there was an audio recording playing in the bus with Tom Hank as the narrator. Jim Lovell made a few comments as a "real" astronaut, but turned us back over to "the guy with the Hollywood voice". It was pretty amusing.
Did it cost $30 a head to get in Johnson? I don't remember paying an admission charge. I guess they're getting their budget cut just like all the state and national parks.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:49 pm to White Roach
Yeah 30 bucks each to get in but once you’re inside everything’s free like the tram tour, the simulators, etc. And the Saturn rocket is inside a hangar bay laid end to end with all the Apollo missions explained on a wall next to it, you have to take a tram ride to get to it which is part of the tour.
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