Saturn V was used 17 times

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Raoul — 7/20/2009 9:23:08 AM (archived)

17 Saturn launches......

25 Shuttle launches before disaster occured.

113 shuttle launches before the second disaster.

Which one is the most reliable?

The big shame, IMHO, is NASA's constant reluctance to develop the HLLV based on the shuttle technology.

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NASA's needs - Raoul - 7/19/2009 9:57:03 AM
- Jobs, yes. I read that Project Apollo hired over 400,000 men and women. - Jefferson-Washington. - 7/19/2009 9:31:06 PM
  - SpaceX will send people back to the Moon with less than 5,000 employees. - Lee - 7/20/2009 2:40:24 AM
- Tom Wolfe's Right Stuff - phil - 7/19/2009 3:58:26 PM
  - So many seem to forget - Raoul - 7/19/2009 7:47:03 PM
    - Revised memory - phil - 7/19/2009 9:09:49 PM
      - They promise dus resumed flights by 2000 - Socrates II - 7/20/2009 1:42:10 AM
      - re: Re-revised memory - Raoul - 7/19/2009 11:13:18 PM
        
        re: Re-revised memory - phil - 7/20/2009 12:50:16 AM
        
        Saturn V was used 17 times - Raoul - 7/20/2009 9:23:08 AM
        
        Correction: 13 times and 16 or 17 built (n/t) - Raoul - 7/20/2009 9:29:22 AM
        
        Are the SRBs really the Achillies heel? - Lee - 7/20/2009 2:50:21 AM

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