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- From: amon@elegabalus.cs.qub.ac.uk
- Subject: Re: Saturn Class Dreams (was RE: ... and other space development)
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:06:53 GMT
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- > It is easier to build the engine tooling. And for the skeptical out
- there. The
- > engines for the Delta, Atlas and Titan lines had been discontinued
- due to the
- > theoretical reliance on the Shuttle for all launches. The
- production lines for
- > those were restarted and the Rockewll folks say that the F1A
- restart would be
- > the same. Yes Virgina some of the suppliers for F1 and F1A parts
- are gone but
- > the Rockwell people said the same thing about the other engines and
- they were
- > able to get other suppliers for componets of the engines.
- >
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-
- I would basically agree with you, but there IS one serious difference
- between the F1A and the Atlas. It is the human skill base, NOT the
- tooling that is most critical. I expect many of the top F1A people
- are long gone, some where we can't even ask (unless you can get
- funding for some channelers :-) The key Atlas people were probably
- just transferred to other divisions/projects and thus easily brought
- back.
-
- So I expect the F1A restart would be much harder than the Atlas. BUT,
- that said... I still don't think it is as big a deal as some try to
- make it out. After all, this is not a high tech engine any more. It
- is just an old fashioned BIG engine. Should be no problem t'all.
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