Real Apollo astronaut suits in the Cosmosphere
Late start because I decided to go back to the Cosmosphere to look at the Apollo and shuttle section since I ran through them as the museum was closing the day before. Arriving shortly after opening I stayed until after one o’clock. One of my favorite things from today was a sign with statistics of the Saturn V rocket and what a colossal machine it was.
“On liftoff, the five F-1 engines on the Saturn V first stage generated the energy equivalent to more than 176 million horsepower — nearly twice as much energy as could be attained by damming up every stream and river on the North American Continent!”
“The five smaller J-2 engines on the Saturn V second stage generated a thrust with an energy equivalent of 72 Hoover Dams!”
“The Saturn V first stage burned fuel at the rate of 3,500 gallons, or 30,000 pounds, per second. That meant the rocket’s weight was reduced by nearly 2 million pounds during the first minute of flight!”
“So powerful was the liftoff of a Saturn V that the shock wave of each liftoff was recorded on seismic instruments in New York City — more than 1,100 miles away from Cape Kennedy, Florida!” Continue reading Day 53: Hutchinson to Hesston, KS (October 21)
