10-16-2018, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Needville and Shiner, TX
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Originally Posted by BARGeezer
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)) |
Don't forget the C-8 "Nova" rocket... 8 F-1's on the first stage!
They should have built the S-ID stage, though... drop the outer four F-1's 2 minutes into flight, gimbal the center F-1 and burn it to orbit... Like a souped up version of Atlas... Same payload to orbit as a Space Shuttle for probably 1/100th the cost.
Later! OL J R 
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