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Author	Topic: Saturn V High-Powered Rocket Failure
CNewport Member Posts: 13 From: Potomac, MD USA Registered: Nov 2005	posted 03-02-2006 07:57 PM Check out the URL below for some images of a fairly large (1/16 scale I think) Saturn V high-powered rocket in flight. At least this didn't happen with the real thing. C. Newport http://www.libertylaunchsystems.com/Gallery/Feb2006-ARG3/
John K. Rochester Member Posts: 1292 From: Rochester, NY, USA Registered: Mar 2002	posted 03-02-2006 08:58 PM What a shame..Beautiful liftoff, tremendous detail on the Saturn V rocket. To quote the late-great Pete Conrad.."We're gonna have to do a little more all-weather testing"
Moonpaws Member Posts: 685 From: Lee's summit, MO Registered: Jan 2005	posted 03-07-2006 09:14 AM Wow. That could make a grown man cry. In the words of Tom Hanks..."Hey boys, get ready for a little jolt." Great link Curt.
Jim Member Posts: 73 From: San Antonio TX Registered: Mar 2006	posted 03-16-2006 01:51 PM Or as Al Shepard reportedly said after watching an Atlas explode shortly after launch -- "I sure hope they fix THAT problem..."

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