From: Monte Davis 

Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote:

>How much did Saturn V help with rocket engine design which then lead to
>global reach SLBM'es & quick response ICBM'es etc?

Not much -- by the time Saturn started flying, we were already firmly on
the path to solid-propellant ICBMs. It was an extension of the
Redstone-Thor-Atlas-Titan line, which -- while all we had in the early
days, and all that could guarantee the needed performance as of 1961
-- was always more maintenance-intensive and slow to launch than the
USAF generals liked (not to mention nothing the USN wanted inside a submarine).

>Part of the reason for the Shuttle "solid fuel boosters" was that these
>were an effect of the minuteman/trident spend.

Yes, exactly.

Monte Davis
http://montedavis.livejournal.com

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