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by JumpCrisscross
738 days ago
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> we had a launch system that could take humans to the moon in 1972 Saturn V was ridiculously expensive [1] and very unsafe. Apollo was built to get to the Moon fast half a dozen times. We’re building more ambitiously today. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V $1.5bn in 2024 dollars |
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Von Braun was asked if the Saturn V was safe to launch. He asked six of his engineering reports, each replied nein. Von Braun replied that the Saturn V had six nines of reliability.