Nice demo of the abort escape system working.

 

Nice demo of the abort escape system working.

I understand it was not intended to be tested,
but very impressive acceleration ,

Love the landing, at just what height do the retros fire ? looked very close to the ground,

 

I understand it was not intended to be tested,
but very impressive acceleration ,

Love the landing, at just what height do the retros fire ? looked very close to the ground,

Maybe I missed it (need to look at other landings to compare) but I don't see much retro firing on that landing. It looked pretty hard.

Looking at another landing maybe it was dust from the rockets firing.

 

It just struck me that you could call the Saturn IV a “retro rocket”.

A shame we have nothing even close to it today.

 

It just struck me that you could call the Saturn IV a “retro rocket”.

A shame we have nothing even close to it today.

I've never heard of a Saturn IV. If you meant Saturn V, it was the most powerful of yester-year (Apollo era). I'm also not sure what you mean by "nothing even close". I'd say the Artemis engines are "close". Unless you are playing by Price Is Right rules - and disqualifying Artemis because it exceeds the Saturn V thrust. I still don't understand what is a shame.

Power (thrust): Saturn V 7.5 million pounds; SLS (Artemis) 8.8 million pounds

 

 

I've never heard of a Saturn IV. If you meant Saturn V, it was the most powerful of yester-year (Apollo era). I'm also not sure what you mean by "nothing even close". I'd say the aremis engines are "close". Unless you are playing by Price Is Right rules - and disqualifying Artemis because it exceeds the Saturn V thrust. I still don't understand what is a shame.

Power (thrust): Saturn V 7.5 million pounds; SLS (Artemis) 8.8 million pounds

The IV was a typo.

The shame is that we had a moon-capable launch vehicle and it was not maintained. The shame is the abandonment of the Apollo program instead of the evolution of it.

 

The IV was a typo.

The shame is that we had a moon-capable launch vehicle and it was not maintained. The shame is the abandonment of the Apollo program instead of the evolution of it.

What needed to get done on the moon? It's not zero gravity like the ISS. It's further way than the ISS. Any rescue mission would be much more difficult than saving someone from the ISS by having to land, gather victims and and take off for home. I just don't see a shame in not going back to the moon for the past 50 years, and therefore, no need for a Saturn V rocket. Note, the capital "I" is far way from the "V" on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Which keyboard do you use?

 

What needed to get done on the moon? It's not zero gravity like the ISS. It's further way than the ISS. Any rescue mission would be much more difficult than saving someone from the ISS by having to land, gather victims and and take off for home. I just don't see a shame in not going back to the moon for the past 50 years, and therefore, no need for a Saturn V rocket. Note, the capital "I" is far way from the "V" on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Which keyboard do you use?

You certainly have your opinion, and I find it about as useless as your pathetic attempts at left-handed insults.

There is really no point in replying to any more of my posts. You responses are only meant to inflate your own ego, and they add nothing to the thread, and I sure as hell have no interest in talking about anything with you. You only answer my posts hoping to make yourself look clever, it doesn't work, it just makes you look small.

How about you just pretend I don't exist and I will do my best to do the same for you.