Why is the Saturn V not the Saturn II ?
Might be a simple question, but why is the Saturn V the "V" and not the "II" ?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not recall any Saturn II, III, or IV rockets. What's the deal ?? |
Same reason it's the Falcon 9. Number of engines.
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C'mon noww.....that CAN'T be it...
If that was true the Saturn 1B would be the Saturn IX...try again.... |
I'm sure Luke Strawwalker will chime-in on this, but the short version is that Saturns II, III and IV were designs that didn't make the cut as the lunar mission evolved. I'm pretty sure the Saturn V was the Saturn IV with an extra engine so the "number of engines" reason is not that far off.
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Spot on. The Silverstein Committee proposed eight designs for the Saturn launch vehicles (see pic below). C-1 became the Saturn 1. A refinement of the C-1 became the Saturn 1B. C-5 became the Saturn V. If C-2, C-3, and C-4 had been built they might have been the Saturn II, III, and IV. More info in this Wikipedia article, scroll down to Silverstein Committee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family)) |
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Referencing the illustration, is that a Titan II on top of a clustered booster on the A-1? |
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Titan second stage, Centaur third stage. See the Wikipedia link for details, scroll down to Silverstein committee. |
The book "Stages to Saturn" covers this in detail...it got even a little crazier when they started pulling ideas from one "C" proposal to another...you needed a scorecard to keep up!
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I suspect something similar happened as the Saturn proposals evolved. Doug . |
Five is three better than two.
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