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From: deej@nvuxr.UUCP (David Lewis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Heavy Lift Capacity Boosters
Summary: saturn
Message-ID: <776@nvuxr.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 14:55:52 GMT
References: <677@eplrx7.UUCP>
Organization: Bell Communications Research
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In article <677@eplrx7.UUCP>, lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Deleski) writes:
] 
] I was watching an ABC special program the other night titled,  The Shuttle
] and Beyond,  or something like that.  Anyway,  one thing the announcer said
] puzzled me.

It was called "Beyond The Shuttle".

] She stated that NASA at this time does not have any heavy lift capacity
] boosters,  and that it would take ~1.2 Billion dollars to design and build
] one.  
] 
] This struck me as rather odd since the Saturn V booster to this date has
] the heaviest lift capability of any booster built by anyone.  
] 
] Now,  I know that the Saturn V has been scrapped,  but with such a capable
] booster having already been designed and flown several times,  wouldn't it
] be easier to resurrect the Saturn booster and fly them again rather than
] designing a new one?
] 

I'm not certain about this, and anyone with hard facts is encouraged to
correct me if I'm wrong.  But...

My understanding is that the plans and specs for the Saturn V have Gone
The Way Of All Good Things.  Some are still sitting in files somewhere
(who was the prime contractor for the S-V?), but they are sadly
incomplete.  There are no parts, no production facilities, no dies, and
incomplete plans to rebuild them.  Building a Saturn V would require
going through virtually the entire design process over again.

How the mighty have fallen.

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