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In article <72444@cup.portal.com>, BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes...
>   Thanks for all that info, my copy of 'Stages to Saturn' is in a box
>   stored away somewhere. But wasn't this discussion REALLY about
>   whether Centaur actually flew on a Saturn? Not was it intended to,
>   but did it ever go up on one? It didn't, to the best of my knowledge.

No live S-V stage ever flew. Indeed, the Block 1 Saturns and the first Block 2
Saturn used boilerplate Jupiter tanks and nose cones to simulate the S-V. One
reference suggests that Von Braun pushed to cancel the S-V, to maintain the
image that the Saturn 1 was an R&D vehicle (thus ensuring funds for future
Saturn development).

FWIW, I did some more digging over the holiday and found that an earlier
proposal had the S-V powered by two LR-119 engines (aka RL-10B in at least one
source) before the LR-119 was canned.

Does anyone know if 'Stages to Saturn' is still purchaseable?

gary