"Impressive"
Posted on 11/09/2007 4:38:20 AM PST by NonValueAdded
The massive Delta 4-Heavy rocket is poised for its first operational launch Saturday evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 8:39 p.m. EST. The vehicle will deploy the final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite into geosynchronous orbit.
Hardly. The Saturn V produced over 7.5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and could put over 100 metric tonnes into low Earth orbit. The Delta IV-Heavy produces about 3/4 of a million pounds of thrust at liftoff and can put about 25 metric tonnes into LEO.
"Impressive"
Looks like the Arianne on steroids, or the Russian Angara:
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Angara.html
Hmmmm ... perhaps he meant the closest thing we’ve got to a Saturn V. Nevertheless, an 8:39 PM launch of a large rocket should be visible for quite a ways, and rattle a few windows in the process.
“The Saturn V........could put over 100 metric tonnes into low Earth orbit.”
That’s a lot of Tang!
Saturn 5 moving to launch area on crawler.
Man next to treads of the crawler built to move the Saturn 5 for size comparison!
A crowd pleaser.
I was at the museum at KSC in Florida a couple of years ago, it was absolutely mind boggling that we did what we did 40 years ago! We take so much for granted and we have forgotten that when we as a nation have our combined efforts to a common will is our greatest strength, no other nation except Russia can even come close.
Are you saying that this reporter didn't do his homework? Oh, they HUMANITY! /scarasmoff
The Sheperd's prayer:
Dear Lord help us to not screw-up.
Alan Sheperd.
"360 feet of missile built by the lowest bidder." Attributed to John Glenn but not true.
Banke is usually on the local radio coverage of launches and when they have time to reminisce, it is fascinating to this space junkie. You can listen live to the launch coverage Saturday night here: News Talk 1240 WMMB
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LOL! That's nothing, I thought the title said "Giant Rock".
Today happens to be the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 4 mission, in which an unmanned Saturn V flew for the first time. The successful test cleared the way for subsequent manned flights to the moon
“He made the statement on a local radio show in the Cocoa Beach area so I’m wondering if the context was in terms of light and noise, the perceived launch “size” to those who have observed the launches from the beaches of Brevard County, Florida for all these years.”
My bet is he either mispoke or was misheard. While the Delta IV is not a Saturn V class vehicle, it is a Saturn IB class launcher. The Delta IC can pur 23,040 kg (50,800 pounds) into LEO. The Saturn IB could put 18,600 kg (41,000 lb) into LEO.
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