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re: The Saturn V
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:51 pm to ElectricWizard0
Posted on 2/12/18 at 8:51 pm to ElectricWizard0
Can you still visit stennis? Is it worth it? I went long ago for a field trip but don't remember much.
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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 8:55 pm to MountainTiger
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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.
Probably because you've seen a lot of skyscrapers, but not a lot of rockets.
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 9:02 pm to JPinLondon
Cool link, thanks!
If they barged the Stage 1 from Michoud to Stennis, how did they truck it to the rest area south of I-10? That thing didn't fit under the overpass at 607 did it? They also mention closing the interstate for the move. How did it end up on I-10?
If they barged the Stage 1 from Michoud to Stennis, how did they truck it to the rest area south of I-10? That thing didn't fit under the overpass at 607 did it? They also mention closing the interstate for the move. How did it end up on I-10?
Posted on 2/12/18 at 9:14 pm to larry289
quote:LBJ changed the name from Cape Canaveral to Cape Kennedy by Executive Order on 28 November, 1963.
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.
I saw the Apollo 17 Launch in person.
Pearl Harbor Day of 1972.
My pops worked in the space program, not directly for NASA.
Posted on 2/12/18 at 10:16 pm to CatsGoneWild
That’s why the name. Was supposed to put us ahead of the Japanese. Didn’t happen.
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 2/12/18 at 11:21 pm to foshizzle
I was fortunate to see one shuttle launch, STS-61B in November 1985. I was six. It does leave an impression for sure...it is my most vivid memory from those years.
It has been a little over a year since I last took the bus tour out at Stennis, but I remember the guide saying that when they start testing SLS engines, they will be testing them all at once (I think four) and should rattle some windows like the old days.
It has been a little over a year since I last took the bus tour out at Stennis, but I remember the guide saying that when they start testing SLS engines, they will be testing them all at once (I think four) and should rattle some windows like the old days.
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:24 am to TheFonz
I got my boys down for the last shuttle launch. I hope one day that they can see something that makes that even look like when my grandma was showing me how to work her 8 track.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:27 am to jcaz
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No real need. As technology progressed, satellites have gotten smaller and required smaller rockets.
Absolutely irrelevant, as the only "satellite" launched via a saturn v was a "space station" called skylab.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:14 am to MoarKilometers
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Absolutely irrelevant, as the only "satellite" launched via a saturn v was a "space station" called skylab.
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.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:28 am to TheFonz
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My old man remembers when they tested all five engines at once at Stennis.
My dad worked for NASA at Stennis in 1969. I was 6 and he took me to watch them test fire the engines. The loud roar, massive fire and smoke, and the ground shaking like it was an earthquake. That rocket engine was powerful angry and I remember it like it was yesterday.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 6:41 am to CatsGoneWild
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I had a Saturn ion once
Was it a good car?
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.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 7:24 am to redstick13
Space X BFR coming
Posted on 2/13/18 at 8:45 am to jcaz
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No real need
Exactly. With rockets you want just enough rocket to get you where you’re going. The Saturn V was designed for lunar injection. (Giggity). There’s been no need to send that much payload out of LEO.
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.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:22 pm to White Roach
What do the numbers represent under the above photo?
Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:36 pm to jdutto3
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What do the numbers represent under the above photo?
Payload to low earth orbit.
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