Re: Saturn V


"Andre Lieven" <dg411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Plus, that a lot of the relevent technology has so moved on, that trying
to rebuild a Saturn V would be impossible now.

You'd have to redesign a lot of the electronics, which means a lot of
sections and shapes will change. The IM won't need to be quite so
massive, for instance.

Plus, no matter how you slice it, it would still be an expensive
rocket. Eleven throw away large engines...

Just redesign the engines to be cheaper to mass produce using today's
technology. ;-)

Seriously though, NASA has a tendency to change things to make them "better"
even though they're selling the design as based on such and such operational
system. This appears to be the direction that the CLV and CaLV designs are
taking with respect to "shuttle derived" hardware.

Jeff
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
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