Good post Dan, this is cool. I've been reading about this for the last week, from various sources. They're not using the entire engine, but the portion that ignited the main combustion chamber. Still, it's really neat to know that those old boosters still have some kick in them. I also noted one of the project engineers having said something to the effect of "they really knew how to build rockets back in those days". I wonder why we don't just build more Saturn V's for our heavy-lift booster. The design is proven, no need to R&D from the ground up. Maybe tweak it a bit with modern materials, electronics, and manufacturing techniques. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:

Interesting read on re-using old technology...

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/saturn-v-moon-rocket-engine-firing-ag...

Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin

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