Saturns were liquid fuel, no? I know the Shuttle boosters (at least the two on the side of the main booster) are solid, but I'm sure that Saturns were all liquid.
I've always wanted to see a rocket launch. I think I told the list this once, but when I was a kid in Montreal, we lived a couple of blocks from the Canadair (now Bombardier Aerospace) factory, who at the time made the Canadian version of the Lockheed Starfighter (our version was the CF 104). Every so often one of those would rocket over our house, afterburners ablaze, making a huge (and to our 8 year old ears, cool) amount of noise. Canadair also had the maintenance contract for Voodoos, so we'd see those, too, along with an experimental VTOL, and Canadair's famous WaterBomber.
I also remember back in '66, while on vacation, we were passing by the Air Force Base in Plattsburg, NY, and they were in the midst of a B 52 scramble. We were at the end of the runway, watching those behemoths (and don't forget, this was pre-jumbo jet days) rolling down the runway and taking off about every 30 seconds, belching black smoke. Most impressive.
Of course, as a pinko pacifist and an environmentalist, I'm officially aghast, and quite against the noise pollution, air pollution and the military uses of these aircraft. But, I have to admit, they're way cool to watch and hear. <vbg>
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re Bills Chili-was: I feel like Mike Johnston Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:25:34 -0800
mike wilson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Cotty wrote:
> >
> > On 14/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
> >
> > >Will we get to sample some of this chili of yours at GFM? Chili and beer
> > >and camping! Hoo Haa!
> > >
> > >Makes me think of the campfire scene from Blazing Saddles...
> >
> > That bloody camper will be floating of into the treetops like something
> > out of ET....
>
> When you've poured some Hobgoblin down their necks, it will be more like
> a Saturn V!
>
> mike
No disrespect, Mike, but there ain't NOTHIN' like a Saturn V! Even standing a few miles away, the "blatting" noise and overpressure from that HUGE solid lighting off, was among the most impressive, scariest thing I'd ever witnessed! <g>
keith
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