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Re:James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from fina... by NikolaeVarius on Friday May 31, 2019 @10:30AM (#20061212)
I probably should have known this. I've read alot on Apollo, but never really internalized some of these facts.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from fina... by ethbro on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:38PM (#20063132)
People forget there was an entire series leading up to the Saturn V: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V#Saturn_development

They've got a Saturn IB at an Alabama rest stop outside of Huntsville. Surprisingly small, but still towers above you!

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Re:James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from fina... by DuskStar on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:06AM (#20067764)
> People forget there was an entire series leading up to the Saturn V

Well, sooorta. The Saturn V was the third in that series, after the Saturn I and Saturn IB. [0] While there were proposed intermediate Saturns (and ones past V, too) only two first stages were developed, and the V was the only launcher to fly with the F-1 engine.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family)

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Re:James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from fina... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday May 31, 2019 @10:50AM (#20061398)
The really amazing thing is it took just over a year and a half to get from the first unmanned launch of a Saturn V to the moon landing.
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