Saturn V Apollo flight config, hi-res quality scans

timjedwards · July 28, 2019, 2:07pm

A preview:

600dpi and lower: Saturn V Apollo Flight Configuration

marmak3261 · July 28, 2019, 6:38pm

I still am in awe over the size of this rocket. It’s like shooting an entire oil refinery off into space. The complexity, size, and power but under such precision control. Amazing. Thanks for linking.

jamesdhatch · July 28, 2019, 8:57pm

Americans are known for bigger hammer solutions It’s still the biggest rocket to fly.

eric_gunnerson · July 28, 2019, 10:01pm

The Russian N-1 flew… for 107 seconds on the last test flight…

timjedwards · July 28, 2019, 10:06pm

I’m watching the SpaceX Raptor with interest. Cheapest rocket per unit thrust ever to go into space once it happens. Powered by methane, which can be produced in Mars…

jamesdhatch · July 28, 2019, 11:00pm

4 attempts, 4 fails.

But it was only 345’ tall - the Saturn V was 363 and if I recall an extra couple hundred thousand pounds of mass - at the time, we would not design or fly something that was smaller than the Russians

Now we’re more sophisticated than just brute force - efficiency matters.

Goobdoob · July 28, 2019, 11:41pm

I foresee a plaque being made to go along side my Lego Saturn V.

system · August 30, 2019, 1:41am

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