"Stagesto SaturnA Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles"
| Main Author: | E. Bilstein, Roger |
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| Format: | Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA History Office
, 1996
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| Online Access: |
http://opac.unila.ac.id/ucs/index.php?p=show_detail&id=50007 |
Daftar Isi:
- the program still relied st) much on existing hardware? Part of the answerinvolves the uniqueness of dimensions. Even a proven component, to beused in the huge Saturn, had to be scaled up in size. The largercomponent had to withstand a similar increase in the amount ofpunishment inflicted on it, and this fact opened up a whole new regimeof operational headaches. The scaling up of components and systems forlunar missions seemed to involve geometrical progressions rather thansimple arithmetic progressions. The F-1 engines for the S-IC first stagegraphically illustrate this difficulty. The size of the Saturn stages andengines also called for enlargement o[" test stands and other facilities, withattendant increases in time and costs. The logistical challenge assumedgargantuan proportions. The managers of the Apollo-Saturn programsalso discovered unanticipated expenses in storing and maintaining exotichardware that was subject to degradation unless constantly monitored,refurbished, and attended by additional cadres of technicians.This book is a technological history. To many contemporaries thenarrative, may read too much like a technical manual, but the author'sconcern is for posterity, when the technical manuals may be lost ordispersed (as many are already) and knowledgeable participants havelong since died. The narrative approach was largely