CHARLES ANGELICH wrote in a message to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

ML>>> it flys like a rock better than most rocks ;) 

->> With a big enough engine _anything_ will fly. 

WC> Taken the tour at Cape Canaveral twice. The Saturn 5 is
WC> absolutely awesome. 

CA> Size makes an impression. 

CA> I am more often amazed at efficiencies of scale. Not
CA> necessarily micro-sized but pumping the maximum from a minimum
CA> impresses me the most. 

WC> They've got Redstones and Titan's standing up but the
WC> Saturn 5 lies on it's side and it dwarfs all the other
WC> rockets. 

CA> For the billions of dollars spent there _should_ be something
CA> impressive there and not just a "Gone to Lunch" sign. :-( 

Heh.  That's funny,  the first time I read it I read "gone to launch"...

It's amaxing how little actually made it to orbit,  considering the amount
of hardware they threw up there.

And I don't think the expertise exists to do that these days,  if we wanted
to for some reason.

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