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Posted: 1/13/2021 9:09:50 PM EDT
The Saturn 5 rocket.
Ultimate Saturn V Launch with Enhanced Sound |
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[#3]
An A-10 could shoot that thing out of the sky with ease...
Just saying... |
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[#6]
I waa going to say the USS Iowa, but the SatV is also an amazing piece of hardware.
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I experienced several Apollo moon shots. There are no words to describe the sight, sound, pressure and fury.
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[#10]
It takes a large set of brass balls to strap yourself on top of that candle.
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[#13]
LOL at the mach cone while it's is still near vertical.
25 stories tall and hit mach 7 while it was still in the atmosphere. It is still considered the most complicated machine ever built by man. |
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[#17]
Problem is, they say we are to dum to build new Saturn V now
That’s why we have been contracting to the Russian space people Now Elon musk is building rockets that nasa can’t |
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[#18]
First though of Saturn V when read the thread title. Mock-up of the thing is at the Houston Space Center. Even laying there it’s an impressive piece of engineering.
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[#19]
Just think, the country that built that will be unrecognizable in a couple short decades. I doubt the minds even exist to recreate it.
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And her payload too Attached File
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[#28]
Too bad they destroyed the tooling to make those. And many MANY other things we used to make
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[#29]
SR-71, or one of the nukes, or aircraft carriers, or rockets, or... you name it
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[#31]
Quoted: ...knowing that it had three million parts, each made by the lowest bidder. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Quoted: Look how fast the Saturn V shed a few million pounds! https://i.ibb.co/L9hmMNf/Screenshot-2016-02-22-11-47-25.png View Quote |
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[#35]
I always thought that the Thompson SMG was pretty cool, myself. Just saying.
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Quoted: The Dredge https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/285/81F4D09B-A677-43AF-A774-74217BBDE130-1778243.jpg Smoke belching beasts that dragged themselves across Alaska, chewing up earth in search of gold. View Quote My god did that thing get a look at Dolly Parton with her top off? |
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Quoted: Look how fast the Saturn V shed a few million pounds! https://i.ibb.co/L9hmMNf/Screenshot-2016-02-22-11-47-25.png View Quote Jesus, 5 million pounds of fuel in 5 minutes? |
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Quoted: I'm just going to sit here and agree with you, OP. View Quote I was prepared to come in and argue that he’s wrong. I can’t do that. Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8 |
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View Quote Good call OP. |
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[#43]
When Americans act like Americans we manage to make the best stuff out there.
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Quoted: No, that's half the rate. It was about five million pounds in two and a half minutes. Twenty TONS per SECOND. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Jesus, 5 million pounds of fuel in 5 minutes? No, that's half the rate. It was about five million pounds in two and a half minutes. Twenty TONS per SECOND. Plus, you can see the steep angle on the chart at about the time the SI-C booster was cut loose. |
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