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T O P I C R E V I E WdtempleHere's an early Saturn I model owned by the Smithsonian and here is an unusual Saturn IB model also owned by the Smithsonian.mikejIt's a little hard to tell from the photo on the Smithsonian website, but the Saturn IB model was assembled with two service modules.After my most recent visit to the Udvar-Hazy Center (in 2011), I emailed a contact at the museum, to which he replied I knew about the two Service Modules, but the priority to fix that is so low that it never gets on anyone’s to-do list. I will see if I can bump it up. It always bothered me from the day the exhibit opened! The Saturn I model is just an early version of the Saturn; there were numerous early concepts with "stretched" upper stages. Take a look at the Saturn Illustrated Chronology, which has many such concepts. The "Saturn C-1" in Figure 12 seems to be a fairly close match to the model.Note that the S-I stage on the Saturn I has eight Recuit solid-fuel rockets, which part of a proposed first-stage recovery system (similar to this concept): I have some other drawings of the S-I stage with recovery equipment (similar to the Smithsonian model) on my Website.dtempleThanks for the explanations. Great website!
After my most recent visit to the Udvar-Hazy Center (in 2011), I emailed a contact at the museum, to which he replied
I knew about the two Service Modules, but the priority to fix that is so low that it never gets on anyone’s to-do list. I will see if I can bump it up. It always bothered me from the day the exhibit opened!
Note that the S-I stage on the Saturn I has eight Recuit solid-fuel rockets, which part of a proposed first-stage recovery system (similar to this concept):
I have some other drawings of the S-I stage with recovery equipment (similar to the Smithsonian model) on my Website.
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