Subj : NASA, shuttle, anyone?
To   : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Thu Aug 25 2005 12:55 am

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Hello Wayne - 

WC>>> They're out to lunch. I've heard no copy of the plans for
WC>>> that Saturn 5 were retained :-( Not positive that's
WC>>> factual. 

->> Somehow that they tossed the plans doesn't surprise me
->> anymore. 

WC> Doesn't surprise me either but it's a great loss to history
WC> IMO. 

The ability to read and interpret (accurately) those plans is
also being 'lost' to history I suspect. 

WC> In the race to beat the Russians ( who were unknown to us
WC> already out of the race) the first Saturn V wasn't tested
WC> stage by stage but as an entire vehicle. This apparently
WC> flabbergasted some of our immigrant German rocket
WC> scientists. 

WC> It flew first time out though ( unmanned), flawlessly. 

Those rare moments when men who have mastered their profession
come together to make something right the very first time are
spiritually uplifting if you can be there to witness them. :-) 

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