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- From: mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org (Michael Wallis)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: What about Saturn?
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- Date: 15 Aug 92 21:26:25 GMT
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- laurecr@eng.auburn.edu (Chase R. Laurendine) writes:
-
- > Maybe this topic has already discussed, if so, sorry for waisting
- > your time. With all the interest in using Energiya's payload capacity for
- > SSF and the fond memories of the Saturn V program, I am curious to know how
- > the payload capacities of the two compare. If the Saturn rockets had
- > comperable payload capacities, what would it take to bring the Saturn out
- > of mothballs.
-
- At least 2 of the 3 remaining Saturn Vs, I'm afraid. Among other problesm
- (like the missing ring segment from the one they had to cut in half to fit
- in the Smithsonian), the initiators on the S-I engines (those nice BIG
- engines) were all hand wired, each one individually according to the
- specifics of that one's manufacture and sequencing the things was
- similarly custom work. The paper trails are gone. They're more likely to
- blow up than go up, and there's no guarantee that what worked for one
- would be transferable to another, even if you DID manage to get one of the
- pad. The costs of re-engineering the Saturn V would be compribale to the
- original development costs scaled up to 1990's prices. It's a LOT cheaper
- (IMHO) to put money into SSTO-type vehicles than to try recapturing our
- "glorious youth". Enough nostalgia ... let's get on with the job.
-
- Michael
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- mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org - Michael Wallis
- Oakland lost the Raiders. Now SF has lost the Giants.
- Guess that makes then even again. 8-)
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