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re: The Saturn V
Posted on 2/13/18 at 6:48 am to White Roach
Posted on 2/13/18 at 6:48 am to White Roach
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Maybe he didn't word it as clearly as he should have, but payloads are lighter. The Saturn V didn't have 7.5 million pounds of thrust just for bragging rights. It needed that much to meet the payload requirements of the Apollo missions.
There was a 2 stage version of the saturn rocket, called the saturn ib. Carried almost the same payload a falcon 9 does, 46k to 50k lbs. Only needed 1.6 million lbs of thrust at launch... the saturn v was rated up to 300k payload to low earth orbit comparatively. Grandpa was chief engineer of an engine that was on both rockets, the saturn ivb.
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 8:51 am to MoarKilometers
Maybe we're talking past each other here ...
Wasn't the Saturn V specifically developed to put an Apollo CM and LEM into lunar orbit?
I bet your grandfather must have some fascinating memorabilia and stories from his space program days. I was born in 1961 and my father was crazy for the space program, so I got a pretty healthy dose of NASA as a child.
Wasn't the Saturn V specifically developed to put an Apollo CM and LEM into lunar orbit?
I bet your grandfather must have some fascinating memorabilia and stories from his space program days. I was born in 1961 and my father was crazy for the space program, so I got a pretty healthy dose of NASA as a child.
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