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Article #3707Re: Trivia quiz - answers
From: Rich Kolker
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:20
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:20
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In article <C01FHu.Jsu@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <1992Dec29.130042.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> oliver@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
>>30. How many Saturn V's flew?
>> Thirteen - Apollos 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and Skylab
>> 1...
>
>If you really want to be picky, you can argue that the count was 12.6666...,
>since the Skylab 1 launcher was only the first two stages of a Saturn V.
>(The counterargument is that most of the payload was a rebuilt third
>stage, of course!)
>--
Of course, third stages flew to KSC on a SuperGuppy, so it could be said
they flew twice! :-)
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Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!nuchat!rkolker From: rkolker@nuchat.sccsi.com (Rich Kolker) Subject: Re: Trivia quiz - answers Message-ID: <1992Dec30.042035.20784@nuchat.sccsi.com> Organization: South Coast Computing Services, Inc. References: <1992Dec29.130042.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> <C01FHu.Jsu@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:20:35 GMT Lines: 19