![]() 07/16/2016 at 14:44 • Filed to: Spacelopnik, apollo, saturn | ![]() | ![]() |
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If I could ride/drive/fly anything past, present or future, I would go for riding a Saturn V. They say it was brutal compared to a lot of rockets. Not the crack you get from solid rockets, but lots of vibration and a feel of raw power. Must have been amazing.
![]() 07/16/2016 at 15:00 |
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If you can find it, watch
Being Neil Armstrong
. It’s utterly fascinating.
![]() 07/16/2016 at 15:16 |
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I remember hearing an account from one of the astronauts who rode Saturn V describing how, just before launch, there was the opening of a valve and the astronaut described hearing “gah-gah-gah...” of some rocket fuel ingredient being allowed to flow so that the inignition sequence could happen. I can’t say I would share your interest in riding one of those.
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I can hear my fuel pump too before I start the car.
The had to spool up the turbo pumps prior to ignition. The thing burned 3357 gallons of fuel/oxidizer a second at lift off. You will hear the pumps!
![]() 07/16/2016 at 18:50 |
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I can just imagine how wrecked I would get riding that thing. I get really bad motion sickness. Like reading on an airplane makes me queasy, a long day of autocross gets me feeling I'll, and anything on the water is damn near deadly. Would be Hella fun to try though!
![]() 07/16/2016 at 19:05 |
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You oils probably be in a constant state of urp once you got to orbit
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That’s a lot of fuel. Per second. Yikes.
![]() 07/17/2016 at 10:32 |
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Last man on the moon is on Netflix. It is very good.