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To: TSgt
Thanks. I am relieved that some of my childhood neurons are still functioning.

It is a shame the US gave up on the Saturn V. I can only imagine what heavy lift would be today if we had any vision to continue the program.
12 posted on 04/05/2011 4:05:51 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: PA Engineer
It is a shame the US gave up on the Saturn V. I can only imagine what heavy lift would be today if we had any vision to continue the program.

Von Braun was developing the NOVA series of boosters. They made the Saturn V look like a bottle rocket. The technology was there, but there was no mission for them once NASA decided to only fly to LEO.
13 posted on 04/05/2011 4:14:45 PM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: PA Engineer

I’m impressed with Space X and like the idea of competition to drive down U.S. Government launch costs.

Hell, privatize NASA!

And the post office, and {fill the government service here}


14 posted on 04/05/2011 4:17:51 PM PDT by TSgt (Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
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