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From: nak@cbnews.att.com (Neil A. Kirby)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: New Shuttle Engines
Summary: F-1 Testing
Message-ID: <1990Nov19.133808.26583@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Nov 90 13:38:08 GMT
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In article <1990Nov16.175907.18177@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, tohall@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Dave Hall (Sverdrup)) writes:
> 
> 2) F-1 production test facilities were located in the San Fernando valley 
> (turbopumps at Rocketdyne/Santa Susana) and Edwards AFB (full-up 
> engine tests). These
> facilities are way past the inactive stage - they have been either torn
> down or become completely derelict. You are talking 100's of millions of 
> dollars (IMHO) to refurbish them.

Out of curiousity, would the test area at Stennis Space Center (in
Mississippi) be able to do some of the testing?  Stennis tests every SSME,
and the test stands for the Saturn V stack elements are still there.

Neil Kirby
...att!archie!nak