FARK.com: (6869392) On the 50th anniversary of NASA announcing the construction of the Saturn rocket, which would eventually launch every Apollo moon mission, marvel at some of the coolest spacecraft models ever built

		On the 50th anniversary of NASA announcing the construction of the Saturn rocket, which would eventually launch every Apollo moon mission, marvel at some of the coolest spacecraft models ever built (life.com)		26
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DarnoKonrad

2012-01-10 09:21:29 AM

Good ol' pre-Reagan America, when big government and big ideas made the world a better place.

notmtwain

2012-01-10 10:46:22 AM

I liked the photos but they had nothing to do with the Saturn V development. I see the 1/10/61 date on the Saturn V wiki but found the date ignored elsewhere on the web.

// Wondering how you happen to know this/care, subby?

// Perhaps you read "Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle" which was referenced in the wiki?

dittybopper

2012-01-10 11:27:18 AM

DarnoKonrad: Good ol' pre-Reagan America, when big government and big ideas made the world a better place.

You do know that the reason we went to the moon was mainly to embarrass the Soviet Union, because they had embarrassed us with several space 'firsts'.

In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

Kuta

2012-01-10 11:38:37 AM

Rocket to the moon!
In just three minutes
The earth behind us
Looks like a giant
BALLOON!

Revek

2012-01-10 11:45:39 AM

Now I have to go fly to the mun.

Kerbal Space Program (new window)

Type40

2012-01-10 11:51:13 AM

They listed a model of Enterprise - C as "The Enbterprise", if they're wrong about that then all the other stuff could be made up too.

/JK - very interesting slideshow.

Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion

2012-01-10 11:55:11 AM

Deslidefied, for her pleasure.

douchebag/hater

2012-01-10 11:59:57 AM

Houston, we have a repeat.

Still pretty cool, though.

Tom_Slick

2012-01-10 12:03:40 PM

On this occasion I have an excuse to share a Picture of either Apollo 6 or Apollo 9 on the Launch pad, My grandfather took these pictures but my Grandmother can't remember if they took that trip in the spring of 68 or 69.

farm8.staticflickr.com

groppet

2012-01-10 12:12:31 PM

Makes you think how much futher ahead we would have got if we never went to Vietnam.

midigod

2012-01-10 12:23:13 PM

dittybopper: In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

I'd much rather see those contests than the typical ones waged by ammunition.

Old enough to know better

2012-01-10 12:34:40 PM

midigod: dittybopper: In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

I'd much rather see those contests than the typical ones waged by ammunition.

So much THIS.

grossmont

2012-01-10 12:46:17 PM

NASA's best model set ever:

i.imgur.com

drake113

2012-01-10 12:51:20 PM

Old enough to know better: midigod: dittybopper: In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

I'd much rather see those contests than the typical ones waged by ammunition.

So much THIS.

Indeed. I submit to you, fellow Farkers, that should the time come that we, as nations, must measure our dicks, let us not measure them in the amount of blood spilled, or the gallons of oil gained, but, rather, let us measure our dicks by the courage and fortitude of the human spirit. Let ingenuity and exploration be the rulers by which we, together as a comon species, collectively measure all our dicks.

Gough

2012-01-10 02:02:14 PM

notmtwain: I liked the photos but they had nothing to do with the Saturn V development. I see the 1/10/61 date on the Saturn V wiki but found the date ignored elsewhere on the web.

// Wondering how you happen to know this/care, subby?

// Perhaps you read "Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle" which was referenced in the wiki?

Wanted to see more on the Saturn V.

Spent some time admiring the one on exhibit inside the KSC visitors center. What struck me was how low-tech most of it was. One of the astronauts who spoke to our group pointed out how the bulk of the rocket wasn't much more advanced than the V-2.

dittybopper

2012-01-10 02:29:35 PM

midigod: dittybopper: In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

I'd much rather see those contests than the typical ones waged by ammunition.

Those contests serve their purposes also. Consider how many more people would be alive today were it not for WWI, WWII, the Holocaust, Stalinist and Maoist purges, etc. Not just the raw number of people killed, but their kids and grandkids, and in some cases, great grandkids and great-great grandkids.

SuperT

2012-01-10 02:56:03 PM

dittybopper: DarnoKonrad: Good ol' pre-Reagan America, when big government and big ideas made the world a better place.

You do know that the reason we went to the moon was mainly to embarrass the Soviet Union, because they had embarrassed us with several space 'firsts'.

In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

and? we got to the moon because of it. over 40 years ago and we've not really done much as a country since. we've peaked.

Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion

2012-01-10 03:49:52 PM

drake113: Old enough to know better: midigod: dittybopper: In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

I'd much rather see those contests than the typical ones waged by ammunition.

So much THIS.

Indeed. I submit to you, fellow Farkers, that should the time come that we, as nations, must measure our dicks, let us not measure them in the amount of blood spilled, or the gallons of oil gained, but, rather, let us measure our dicks by the courage and fortitude of the human spirit. Let ingenuity and exploration be the rulers by which we, together as a comon species, collectively measure all our dicks.

Why can't we measure our dicks by actually just measuring our dicks? We could put up a Weiner Wiki. A Diki, if you will.

dittybopper

2012-01-10 03:56:10 PM

SuperT: dittybopper: DarnoKonrad: Good ol' pre-Reagan America, when big government and big ideas made the world a better place.

You do know that the reason we went to the moon was mainly to embarrass the Soviet Union, because they had embarrassed us with several space 'firsts'.

In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

and? we got to the moon because of it. over 40 years ago and we've not really done much as a country since. we've peaked.

Oh, I'm not disparaging the space program per se, in fact, I would have preferred that we built upon that success and kept reaching farther out, instead of withdrawing to LEO in the early 1970's.

The unfortunate truth, though, is that the motivation that got us to the moon was like a sugar rush that helped us reach a goal fast, but then we crashed.

dittybopper

2012-01-10 03:57:40 PM

Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion: Why can't we measure our dicks by actually just measuring our dicks?

Because it's not polite to wave them around in public.

dittybopper

2012-01-10 03:58:30 PM

dittybopper: Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion: Why can't we measure our dicks by actually just measuring our dicks?

Because it's not polite to wave them around in public.

Unless, of course, you parade them around on Transporter-Erector-Launchers.

Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion

2012-01-10 04:12:53 PM

dittybopper: Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion: Why can't we measure our dicks by actually just measuring our dicks?

Because it's not polite to wave them around in public.

Pfft. Maybe not where YOU live.

bandy

2012-01-10 05:50:27 PM

drake113: Old enough to know better: midigod: dittybopper: In other words, it was a giant dick-measuring contest.

I'd much rather see those contests than the typical ones waged by ammunition.

So much THIS.

Indeed. I submit to you, fellow Farkers, that should the time come that we, as nations, must measure our dicks, let us not measure them in the amount of blood spilled, or the gallons of oil gained, but, rather, let us measure our dicks by the courage and fortitude of the human spirit. Let ingenuity and exploration be the rulers by which we, together as a comon species, collectively measure all our dicks.

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

notmtwain

2012-01-10 07:09:45 PM

Sometimes I forget how big it was.

buckler

2012-01-10 11:36:26 PM

notmtwain: [www.staynehoff.net image 640x509]

Sometimes I forget how big it was.

I was thrilled when KSC finally took the aging Saturn V from the grounds outside, had it refurbished, and mounted it in sections from the ceiling in the new complex especially made for it. It really gives you a stunning sense of the sheer scale of the thing, especially when you see the relative size of the capsule and realize that all of the stuff you're seeing was just to get that one tiny part there and safely home again (not counting the moon stuff, of course).

CigaretteSmokingMan

2012-01-13 01:30:27 AM

I always thought that our rockets looked cooler than the Russian's.

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