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| Rob.Wilson:
Hi any of you lads over the pond ever get the chance to witness a Saturn V launch ? Rob |
| Dean W:
Only on TV, Rob, but I'll bet there are a few guys my age here who saw them in the 60's and 70's. Maybe someone will pop in and tell you about it. It was quite a little motor. ; ) Are you planning on building a scale model? Dean |
| Pete.:
I walked under the one at the Space Center. Was impressed :) |
| sbwhart:
--- Quote from: Rob.Wilson on September 05, 2011, 04:48:51 PM ---Hi any of you lads over the pond ever get the chance to witness a Saturn V launch ? Rob --- End quote --- RU thinking of building one Rob Cool :mmr: :mmr: :mmr: :mmr: :proj: :proj: :proj: :proj: :nrocks: :nrocks: :nrocks: :lol: :lol: :lol: Stew |
| Dave G:
Hi Rob, I grew up in the sixties and we lived about eight miles from a NASA research facility. This place started out as a munitions dump during WW2. It was transfered over to NASA after the war and rockets engines were tested there. I remember playing in the yard as a youngster and a loud roar would come from the direction of this facility occasionally. Dad told us they were testing rocket engines again. Some of these tests were quite loud and I always wondered if maybe they were the saturn five rockets. This facility has the largest vacuum chamber in the world. It is a dome structure that is probably 50 feet in dia at the base and made all from aluminum. From the inside picture an igloo made out of aluminum with the panels all formed and then tig welded together. I mention this because I got a chance to tour the place a couple of years ago and was awestruck by the size of the all aluminum structure and the quality of the welds. Thanks for the question as this brought back some good memories from my youth. I also remember where I was and what I was doing the day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon for the first time. Dave |
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