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Having read and watched a lot about the Apollo missions with the Saturn V, the main thing I noticed with this launch was how smooth and free of vibration the inside of the capsule looked.
Alan Bean reported how much the Saturn vibrated, saying he wouldn't have been sure what button he would have been pressing if he'd had to in an emergency.
Rocket launches are awesome. Watched this with my 2 1/5 year old daughter. She want to see more rockets now, so I'm going to show her some Saturn V launches haha!
Alan Bean reported how much the Saturn vibrated, saying he wouldn't have been sure what button he would have been pressing if he'd had to in an emergency.
Rocket launches are awesome. Watched this with my 2 1/5 year old daughter. She want to see more rockets now, so I'm going to show her some Saturn V launches haha!
There are very few things that seem genuinely awesome in this day and age,with easy exposure to so much, but that film was. Seeing the boosters fall off and the stage rockets light up 1000s of feet up was incredible. My heart was in my mouth and I felt so nervous in case anything went wrong.
I got the following email from my brother just now. Enjoy.
"I joined a couple of the secretaries and associates to watch the rocket launch ref Tim Peake:
"Where are they going?"
"So is that like a plane?"
"If there's no gravity why aren't they floating [in the capsule, during the climb]"
I realised that simply by knowing anything at all about rocketry/space exploration I was practically qualified as a scientist in that company."
Oh dear.
"I joined a couple of the secretaries and associates to watch the rocket launch ref Tim Peake:
"Where are they going?"
"So is that like a plane?"
"If there's no gravity why aren't they floating [in the capsule, during the climb]"
I realised that simply by knowing anything at all about rocketry/space exploration I was practically qualified as a scientist in that company."
Oh dear.
Blackpuddin said:
See that Soyuz wobble when they withdrew the support structure! That must be a bit scary when you're sat on top of it.
Meh. No fun until someone tries to pull it over.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQucRZFUtpc
I cannot find where I first saw it and the original copy, on NASA history somewhere I think?
Silly question of the Week: How come the Soviets do without all the complex launch towers the US uses? (Ie a use pad, right back to the early days, had a tower next to it for access and vehicle support. how do the Ruskies get the guys up into the pointy end a few hrs before launch??)
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