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From: rosmith@berke (Robert Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: RE: SATURN V BOOSTERS
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Date: 4 Mar 88 15:47:28 GMT
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Where are the remaining Saturn V boosters:
	1. One is bolted to the ground at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)
	   in New Orleans (where they were originally built).
	2. One is bolted to the ground at Johnson Space Center in
	   Houston, TX.
	3. One is bolted to the ground at Kennedy Space Center in FLA.

I know of no others on display, but the remaining ones were cut up
for scrap at MAF, and I think that their engines were mothballed. (I know
at least parts of the engines were because I've seen them at MAF.)  The
boosters on permanent display were fully functional hardware, including
the F1 engine, which are now fully corroded, once function al F1 engines.

The thought of reusing Saturn V technology/engines for a new(old) booster
or liquid booster replacement for Shuttle SRBs has occurred to many 
engineers and others.  The problem, I feel is NASA, which sees this as
a step backward to older technology and an affront to the current liquid
shuttle SSMEs.

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