Re: Apollo 18, 19 hardware?

From: Jorge R. Frank (jrfrank_at_ibm-pc.borg)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:09:53 -0500

Jud McCranie <youknowwhat.mccranie@adelphia.net> wrote in
news:7cb2j0pcnrc4gd09oun1q633sn8uhvjn0p@4ax.com:

> On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:18:38 -0500, "Jorge R. Frank"
><jrfrank@ibm-pc.borg> wrote:
>
>>The JSC Saturn V does indeed consist of all flight-rated stages, but
>>they did not all come from a single Saturn V.
>>
>>The KSC Saturn V second and third stages were flight-rated, but the
>>first was a test stage.
>>
>>Another flight-rated first stage wound up in front of the Michoud
>>Assembly Facility in Louisiana, where it was built.
>
> What about the Saturn V at Huntsville? It appears to be a real one.

It appears to be, but it's not. It's the Dynamic Test Vehicle. Once again,
the Field Guide to American Spacecraft is your friend:

http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldguide/pages/booster/sv-asrc.html 

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