]Subject: Re: Fw: SPACE: Loss of the Saturn
V
Actually, the original rationale for
periodic Japanese temple burnings is much simpler than this: burning these
temples was the easiest and (on a windless day, at any rate) safest way to
demolish a structure made entirely of wood
Larry: That all the blueprints were destroyed is, I believe, an urban legend. The following annotations from my Romance to Reality website (http://rtr.marsinstitute.info) might go some way toward answering Mr. Bradbury's questions. "The Saturn V F-1 Engine Revisited," AIAA 92-1547, B. W. Shelton
Larry,
Thanks for posting that informative piece on the Saturn V. In
Japan, there is a temple made of local pine that is periodically burned
to the ground and rebuilt. The rationale is the technology and
know how (i.e., the important details not on the blueprints)
to make a replacement are thus
08, 2003 5:27
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Subject: Re: Fw: SPACE: Loss of the
Saturn V
Larry,Thanks for posting that informative piece on the
Saturn V. In Japan, there is a temple made of local pine that is
periodically burned to the ground and rebuilt. The rationale is the
technology and "
