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To: F15Eagle

Yes, the first stage had five F-1s, collectively producing seven-and-a-half million pounds of thrust (one stationary and four gimballed). Those F-1s are monsters. Those five engines consumed 15 tons of propellants per second. A marvel of good ol’ American can do. This 360 foot tall rocket weighing as much as a Navy destroyer was propelled from 0 to 5,000 mph in two-and-a-half minutes by those F-1s!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAucpvJAFJM


14 posted on 01/24/2013 5:53:39 PM PST by donaldo
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To: donaldo

“A marvel of good ol’ American can do.”

It was Werner Von Braun, who was probably an ex Nazi.


50 posted on 01/24/2013 8:28:41 PM PST by staytrue
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