01-31-2019, 07:57 AM
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Dazed and Confused
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: TN
Posts: 11,624
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
Yep...sooooo much more could have been done with the Saturn V..... instead we got the Shuttle, which never lived up to it's initial hype, and did almost nothing new.
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While I'd rather have the Saturn, the Shuttle was quite useful. It could retrieve and return large payloads. It could carry a fairly large temporary lab that could be specifically outfitted for each mission. It could capture satellites for repair. It could land on a runway. It could carry a whole bunch of Astronauts. Typically 7, but I think it could haul 11 or 12.
Was it a financial success? No. Did its concept help kill the Saturn? Yes. However, standing alone with its accomplishments, it was a cool machine.
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