Re: Saturn V fuel lines
- From: Orval Fairbairn <orfairbairn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:57:35 GMT
In article <f15056$4uk$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David Lesher <wb8foz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
If you ever get a chance to get to KSC or JSC and stand next to a Saturn
V... or even an F-1 (the first stage engine) you start to appreciate how
FRIGGING BIG the whole thing was.
It's really impressive.
There's an engine bell at NASM.
And I note no one has offered up an answer to the first query:
how big are the fuel lines?
They were big enough to consume 5 million lb of LOX/kerosene in 150
seconds! That is for all 5 engines.
.
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