Apollo High Speed Video

[NSTG8R]

Evidently, there was a "nuance" to the no plans thing: according to this article, the "plans" are there, but not the "as built" plans. Great article; Pistonboy, you really sent me down the rabbit hole this morning! Thanks!

Careful with those "rabbit holes", they might just send you down a different career path!

 

[BilgeRat]

Heh. Not too much chance of that, this late in the game, but the "curious" is still very strong!

 

[BilgeRat]

Pistonboy, NSTG8R, rabbit hole warning...

http://heroicrelics.org/f-1-disassembly/index.html

 

[NSTG8R]

VERY complex system design, tons of data number crunching involved, THAT'S rocket science!! I've got a family friend that work with my dad at Martin Marietta in Colorado way back in the day. Gotta send him that link.
Nice find, BilgeRat!

 

[Kuda]

Evidently, there was a "nuance" to the no plans thing: according to this article, the "plans" are there, but not the "as built" plans. Great article; Pistonboy, you really sent me down the rabbit hole this morning! Thanks!

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/how-nasa-brought-the-monstrous-f-1-moon-rocket-back-to-life/

NSTG8TR, I remember you telling about a 3D printer that could print titanium parts with the threads already in the holes. was that an "electron beam melting" device like they describe in this article?

 

[BilgeRat]

That whole site has consumed me for an evening and a day so far. Here's more...

http://heroicrelics.org/resources.html