Nov 062015
 

A magazine ad from 1963 depicting an S-IV stage (with six RL-10 rocket engines, as separate from the later, larger S-IVb stage with a single J-2 engine) staging from a Saturn I first stage. It should be noted that the RL-10 is *still* a top-of-the-line rocket engine, more than fifty years later.

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Sure, computer generated art might be more accurate and clear, but good ol’ fashioned paint has a life to it.

 Posted by at 7:46 pm