Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hou4b.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!ariel!hou4b!mat From: mat@hou4b.UUCP (Mark Terribile) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: 747 Mileageours Message-ID: <1242@hou4b.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 19:30:51 EST Article-I.D.: hou4b.1242 Posted: Thu Dec 27 19:30:51 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Dec-84 05:54:33 EST References: <298@ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 15 If you want to talk about high fuel consumption, there's always the Saturn V main booster (first stage). One of my favorite statistics: o The Saturn V's main booster consumed 15 tons of fuel per second. That's 30 000 lb of jet fuel every second -- enough to sustain an F15 for several tens of minutes of fairly active flight. o In the last moon shot, the five engines under that sucker developed an estimated 7 782 000 lbs of thrust -- enough to lift 19 fully laded 747-300s -- straight up. -- from Mole End Mark Terribile (scrape .. dig ) hou4b!mat ,.. .,, ,,, ..,***_*.