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jools268
9:47 Tue Sep 30
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The Saturn V's f1 Engines are still the most powerful liquid fueled motors ever made.
Quite incredible 1,522,000 lbf of thrust each.
In comparison the most powerful Jet engine is the GE90 which is used on 777 er's and that is 120,000lbf. (I'm a bit of a plane nerd, and actually stood inside a GE90 cowling at Farnbrough a few years ago and still had a few foot above me).
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Pringle
9:18 Tue Sep 30
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Was the5re last year at the Kennedy Space centre and yes it is massive.
Breathtaking day out that was.
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HMP
9:16 Tue Sep 30
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I've stood next to that Saturn V rocket at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy - it's fecking HUGE.
Getting that off the ground straight and in one piece was something else.
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simon.s
8:56 Tue Sep 30
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Saw a shuttle go up, many years ago, watched it from coco beach. They had a big old party on the beach, half price drinks. Everyone was hammered. Good fun.
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Bungo
7:44 Tue Sep 30
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This is what it was like when I was last there. 
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Bungo
7:42 Tue Sep 30
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Last time I was at Kennedy, as well as the usual bits of the tour (including the awesome Saturn V centre), they were stopping at the Vehicle Assembly Building, allowing you inside where they were preparing Atlantis for it's move to a permanent display there. The shuttle looked like a toy inside that building which is so tall, sometimes clouds form inside it. Apparently they opened up one of the shuttle launch pads on the tour recently. Does anyone know if this is still the case? Going back next Easter. Incredible place. 
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defjam
7:17 Tue Sep 30
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Joke Whole 7:12 - Ha ha!
I've been there! :-)
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defjam
7:16 Tue Sep 30
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FC - Unfortunately not mine!
I was gutted when i found out you could see the launch from NY!
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Joke Whole
7:12 Tue Sep 30
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Hah!
There's a bar in Bangkok where the girls shoot these out of their pussies every 30 minutes.
Asia ROCKS, dude.
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Far Cough
7:12 Tue Sep 30
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Ha, niiiiiiiiiice photo jam
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defjam
7:11 Tue Sep 30
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FC - This actually happened when i was in NY last Sept...a Moon probe launch, i didn't know about it though! 
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Gavros
7:08 Tue Sep 30
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haha i knew i'd dig out Sold0 on this thread...
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Far Cough
7:06 Tue Sep 30
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Me too, I'd give my right arm to have seen a Saturn V launch but I'll settle for the static display
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defjam
7:04 Tue Sep 30
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I'd LOVE to go Cape Canaveral, probably the only reason to visit the shithole that is Florida!
I might even look at launches and time my visit!
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The Dursley Massive
6:57 Tue Sep 30
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Dan M
I'd believe you if the mint ones weren't shit.
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Dan M
6:51 Tue Sep 30
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The Dursley Massive 6:37 Tue Sep 30
I was like that the first time I saw a mint Kit-Kat.
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The Dursley Massive
6:39 Tue Sep 30
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Cough; even the Space Shuttle launch can be insanely loud. They pump shitloads of water out near it when it takes off; the sound energy causes the water to boil (and so the sound is dissipated).
Insane.
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The Dursley Massive
6:37 Tue Sep 30
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One of only two man-made objects that has caused me to well up at the sheer majesty of it. The other was the Sistine Chapel.
Both just the most amazing feats of human effort and skill.
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the coming of gary
6:15 Tue Sep 30
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I agree its a fantastic sight
theres a lot to see on a Florida holiday, but the Saturn V is unmissable
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Far Cough
6:13 Tue Sep 30
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They say if you were too close, the sound would kill you, the acoustic energy was that immense
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Northern Sold
6:12 Tue Sep 30
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Gav.... if the Saturn V was a BOAT you'd be all over it like Volley with a sossie roll.... POOR FORM
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