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Re: Trivia quiz - answers

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From: Joe Trott
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:07
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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!)

I vaguely remember some of the Mercury launches and many of the Gemini
launches...I thought Apollo VI never flew, due to a fire in the CM that
unfortunately killed 3.  And, I don't remember an Apollo IV.  Oh well...
(I was born 11/59)

-JTT
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