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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
Because they destroyed the jigs and other tooling necessary, because nobody makes 1960s-vintage computer hardware anymore, because nobody writes code for 1960s hardware anymore (and they didn't save the source code), because the Saturn V was designed and built before environmental regulation ran amok...

If we still had the Saturn V hardware, it would be a possible to re-equip the system with new computers running modern code. If a B-52 can still fly after all these years there is no reason why a Saturn V could not also.

Your point about the Jigs, Tooling & Prints being destroyed is the real reason.

86 posted on 10/24/2005 7:47:56 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

"If we still had the Saturn V hardware, it would be a possible to re-equip the system with new computers running modern code. If a B-52 can still fly after all these years there is no reason why a Saturn V could not also."

Unlike the BUFF, the computers on the Saturn V are critical to safely flying the thing. Test-flying an expendable vehicle to make sure you coded it right is kind of pricey.


88 posted on 10/24/2005 8:11:48 AM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse (MORE COWBELL! MORE COWBELL! (CLANK-CLANK-CLANK))
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