10-16-2018, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Needville and Shiner, TX
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Originally Posted by MarkB.
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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Yep that's the reason, believe it or not...
Later! OL J R 
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