The Saturn V Rocket and Supply Chain Innovation (NASA and its corporate partners built 15 Saturn V rockets...Remarkably, every Saturn V launch was successful [if not always without some delays])

Industryweek.com ^ | May 12, 2011

[daniel1212]

The Saturn V was, and still is, the largest object to leave the surface of the Earth. At 363 feet in height -- or over 30 stories tall -- the rocket weighed 6.3 million pounds, about the weight of...50 Boeing 747s...

The rocket was the loudest creation made by human hands, except for the cacophony created by nuclear explosions. ...The five rocket engines of the Saturn V's first stage were the most powerful ever built...requiring 7.7 million pounds of force...

To house the Saturn V, NASA built the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center, which remains one of the world's largest buildings, covering almost eight acres. The VAB's four mammoth doors, 456 feet in height, are the largest ever made...

Thirteen went into space. Twelve were used in the Apollo missions, 10 of which carried astronauts and six of which took men to the moon. The last Saturn V to fly was used for the Skylab program in May 1973.

Remarkably, every Saturn V launch was successful. Two missions suffered in-flight problems including engine cutoffs, but these were overcome, resulting in successful outcomes...

The Saturn program's dispersed research, production and testing facilities, spread all over the country, presented a major logistics and quality-control obstacle. Imagine building a piece of a puzzle at various locations and then hoping all the pieces would fit together without a problem. Chances for success seemed dependent on too many variables...

Facing a future of Soviet scientific dominance, America was able to move with a purpose...The scope and magnitude of building and launching the Saturn V rocket is an example of supply chain management at its finest.... harness the energies of 400,000 engineers, scientists, technicians and supply chain professionals...

[DarrellZero]

This was when NASA’s job was to get things done instead of checking off boxes.

[BipolarBob]

We can outsource that to the Chinese and save a bundle.

[null and void]

Makes sense, they probably have all the plans...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Dis they have enough POC engineers?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

In those days NASA was dominated by engineers and scientists. I doubt the word "HR" had even been invented.

Today NASA is unskilled POCs, DEI hires, BS artists, nontechnical managers, bean counters, wymyns, woke fruits, and tranny nuts.

[quantim]

Fast forward decades until now and the only thing the gummit can lift is the debt ceiling.

[Macho MAGA Man]

(In those days NASA was dominated by engineers and scientists.)

Mainly ex-Nazis.

[logi_cal869]

All thanks to a Nazi under Operation Paperclip.

In a word, that history is rather pathetic. Remarkable, but pathetic.

[SuperLuminal]

Pre-DEI, maybe...

However, NASA hasn’t been smart enough to figure out how to scratch its own ass since the late 1990s...

[jeffersondem]

As I recall the engines were made by Chrysler.

[dfwgator]

Gather ‘round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun,
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won’t even frown,
“Ha, Nazi, Schmazi, “ says Wernher von Braun.

Don’t say that he’s hypocritical,
Say rather that he’s apolitical.
“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That’s not my department, “ says Wernher von Braun.

Some have harsh words for this man of renown,
But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town,
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.

You too may be a big hero,
Once you’ve learned to count backwards to zero.
“In German oder English I know how to count down,
Und I’m learning Chinese!” says Wernher von Braun.

-Tom Lehrer

[Ezekiel]

Industryweek.com ^ | May 12, 2011

And even more relevant today.

Visiting Marshall

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is situated on the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Visitors are welcomed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Marshall’s official Visitor Center. U.S. Space & Rocket Center visitors can learn more about Marshall’s legacy and ongoing work.

Interactive exhibits and historic artifacts demonstrate our critical role in supporting the breadth of NASA’s exploration and science missions. Visitors will learn how Marshall develops, integrates and manages complex space systems and scientific research projects that continue to yield exciting and innovative scientific discoveries.

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U.S. Space & Rocket Center

The Saturn V was, and still is, the largest object to leave the surface of the Earth. At 363 feet in height...

(= המשיח)

[Charles Martel]

Today NASA is unskilled POCs, DEI hires, BS artists, nontechnical managers, bean counters, wymyns, woke fruits, and tranny nuts.

Yep, it is now the same as any other federal agency.

[PAR35]

It was built without DEI. Designed mainly by white men using slide rules and pencils. In a program run by ex-Nazis.

So of course it worked.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Regrettably the knowledge to build a Saturn V was not captured. To do it again would be a lot of starting over.

[Glad2bnuts]

They dismantled the places they could build the Saturn 5 and burned the plans... seriously, they no longer exist.

[logi_cal869]

lol

[Rockingham]

To get things done, the US hired the best rocket scientists available after WW II, a bunch of Germans with Nazi backgrounds. They designed the Saturn V and its most reliable predecessors for NASA.

[Crusher138]

You’re welcome.