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After the Saturn V was retired, they put one out in the front yard of the Johnson Space Center. It was kind of sizable, and for years you could see it when you
by fuzzfactor 2y ago
After the Saturn V was retired, they put one out in the front yard of the Johnson Space Center.
It was kind of sizable, and for years you could see it when you drove by on NASA Road 1.
Laying sideways where the different stages were laid end-to-end, and walk right up and touch it, with outdoor photo ops all over the place.
Eventually they built buildings to enclose it, which you now have to go inside if you want to take a look.
- embedded_hiker 2y agoAnd the one time I have ever been to Houston, they were constructing that building and I couldn't see the Saturn V :(
- dotancohen 2y agoI remember seeing it in Florida when I was young, and when I took my kids to the US for a wedding a few years ago that was one of our stops. We say a Falcon 9 night launch, too. The Saturn V was so impressive. I hope to take the kids to a Starship launch to instill in them too the awe of rocketry and space exploration.
- neuralRiot 2y agoWhen you walk under the 130ft or so that is composed of the 5 F-1 engines, the LOX and RP1 tanks and you stop to think they’re emptied in less than 2 minutes you understand what an impressive machine it was.
- dotancohen 2y agoYes! Those tanks are unbelievably huge. And they're emptied in the time a child can hold his breath.