Re: WI: balloon tanks used in S-1/S-1B and Saturn upper stages?
- From: OM <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:00:08 -0500
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:48:52 -0700, "Mr Jim" <nospam.mrjim@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
After reading "Atlas: the ultimate weapon", "Stages to Saturn", "Apollo: the
definitive sourcebook", and a lot of online stuff, including posts here,
it's apparent that the pressure-stabilized tanks of the Atlas and Centaur
were very effective at reducing stage mass and manufacturing times in a
relatively straightforward way - provided one can get past the part about
keeping them inflated. What if the idea had played a larger role in the
early space age, specifically Apollo?
[Insert engineering nightmare of a Saturn-V built along these lines]
OM
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