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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?
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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 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 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 8:27 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 8:54 pm to redstick13
It was '69 my last year at NLU. My FIL, now deceased, was at Cape Canaveral as it was called then for Apollo 11 lift-off. It "literally" scared him half to death as he explained upon returning.
Can't remember his exact explanation, but it was along the lines of "it felt like the ground had liquefied" and it scared him half to death...he was a little timid, but it did make a real impression on most who witnessed the Saturn V liftoffs.
Can't remember his exact explanation, but it was along the lines of "it felt like the ground had liquefied" and it scared him half to death...he was a little timid, but it did make a real impression on most who witnessed the Saturn V liftoffs.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 9:00 pm to redstick13
Talking about this stuff gets me so damn excited. Space travel is the future of mankind and I think we’ll see leaps and bounds in terms of technological advancement in the space field within the next 30 years or so. I can’t wait
Posted on 2/12/18 at 10:18 pm to redstick13
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Why hasn't there been another rocket launch of similar capacity?
SLS is being built right now
Posted on 2/13/18 at 7:24 am to redstick13
Space X BFR coming
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