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To: Salman

I asked a family friend why we can’t build Saturn V’s again. He said. NASA lost the plans in a fire. No hard drives. No mag tapes. No microfiche. No Blueprints. Are you bleeping kidding me?!


7 posted on 01/28/2016 6:50:29 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy
It's been back around for a couple of years now:

How NASA brought the monstrous F-1 'moon rocket' engine back to life

14 posted on 01/28/2016 6:58:06 AM PST by glorgau
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To: massgopguy
Are you bleeping kidding me?!

Hey, if I can lose all my guns and ammo in a tragic boat accident, NASA can lose anything, anyway they want.

19 posted on 01/28/2016 7:16:20 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Why do we give our hearts to the past? And why do we grow up so fast?)
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To: massgopguy

Your friend was wrong. The plans DO exist. Check out the link a little further upthread about the F-1 update.


21 posted on 01/28/2016 7:39:23 AM PST by hoagy62 (Timid Men prefer the 'Calm of Despotism' to the 'Tempestuous Sea of Liberty'. ~ T. Jefferson)
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To: massgopguy
You wouldn't build a Saturn V again for the same reason you wouldn't build a 1960 DeSoto automobile again. Technology has moved far beyond it.

You might enjoy this article.

We have at least two actual Saturn V's in museums, one at the Cape and one at Huntsville, as well as some stocks of parts still in storage. If you wanted to build one again, that's where you would start, not with paper plans.

24 posted on 01/28/2016 7:46:55 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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