All the Saturn V infrastructure is gone. The research is gone. No one even knows how to make one anymore. It was a very impressive design however, or so they say. Even by today’s standards.
There is a complete Saturn V and Apolo rocket on display at NASA in Clear Lake, TX. - could reverse engineer one. It is a very impressive display and puts one in awe at the very sight of the spectacle...that man could build so complex and dependable of a system. Very awesome if you ever get the chance to go see it.
I’m sure there’s lots of technical specs squirreled away in filing cabinets and in national archives. Heck lots of old encyclopedias have very decent drawings. The rockets we have now are all miniature versions of the same thing and their designs can simply be upscaled. Don’t forget what Tesla just did this year.
Quit the defeatist talk. It would just take political will, money and the necessity to do so to bring such machines back to life!
All the Saturn V infrastructure is gone. The research is gone. No one even knows how to make one anymore. It was a very impressive design however, or so they say. Even by today’s standards.
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Yes it was impressive. Design work began on the F1 engines in the early 1950’s.
Falcon Heavy has two thirds the lift of a Saturn 5 for a lot less money. SpaceX’s next rocket will be more powerful than the Saturn 5 and completely reusable also for a lot less money. There’s no need to reverse engineer a Saturn 5, just get the government out of the way.