Saturn V Launch!

14 responses to “Saturn V Launch!”

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   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Sep 5, 2008 at 5:26 am

   Well, at least this one was a great success! It must feel good, even when it belongs to others.

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   Kevin Baird

   Sep 5, 2008 at 6:46 am

   Oh man, looking forward to the video link. Please?

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   Jaako

   Sep 5, 2008 at 7:36 am

   what? no 3 stages? =)

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   P_I_O_T_R

   Sep 5, 2008 at 10:29 am

   Looks impressive…wow

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   Professor Fumolatro

   Sep 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm

   Perfect timing on this shot – what a beauty she is too.

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   lakewentworth

   Sep 7, 2008 at 2:28 pm

   That’s some hobby – do you need clearance from the FAA and NASA???

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   jurvetson

   Sep 7, 2008 at 5:27 pm

   yes! An awesome hobby…

   In this case, the launch organizers secured a prior waiver from the FAA to launch to 50K ft. Not NASA yet, but the projects in the desert going beyond 100K ft. will engage another layer of regulation. The Tripoli and NAR associations certify flyers of mid and high power rockets (written tests and proctored builds to demonstrate safety knowledge, Level 1-3, which I just completed this summer) and ATF recently inserted itself into the regulation of who can buy and store large amounts of propellant.

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   Rocketman8911

   Sep 10, 2008 at 2:58 am

   This Rocket flew on four AMW L777 White Wolf and central AT/RCS M1850 White Lightning.

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   jurvetson

   Sep 12, 2008 at 7:54 pm

   Yes, I just heard from the earlier LDRS XX Russian N1 project that they were hoping to drag race the Saturn V in MoonRace 2001… Both were 1/16 scale…. Alas, the Russians got there first… And WOW, what a project, 3 stages and 43 motors:

   

   Build photos and details here

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    airspike

    Sep 15, 2008 at 5:59 pm

    Hey I rememer seeing that Saturn 5 at Midwest Power last year, I hear it’s gonna be at NSL next year too.

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    ComputerHotline

    Apr 14, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    Thanks for licensing this image as CC "by" !
    Your photo is uploaded here :
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jurvetson_-_Saturn_V_Laun…
    under the terms of the Creative Commons "by" license.

    —
    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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    Archivist Llewellyn

    Jul 31, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Celebrations Around the World, and we’d love to have this added to the group!

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    以映

    Sep 23, 2012 at 7:50 am

    
    

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    jurvetson

    Jan 31, 2022 at 2:25 am

    heh, I just learned that this photo was used in 2015, in the "100 Inventions that Changed the World" special edition magazine from Popular Science. I guess they did not realize it was not a real Saturn V launch!

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