that saturn V thing....

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thecosmicgoose
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that saturn V thing....

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i may be crazy, but i dont think the Saturn V thats laying on its side was always there. i've seen a few things floating around the center that hint that it has been there since the days of Von Braun. i dont think it was.

i have very clear memories of going to the USSRC on field trips and never ever seeing it. i even remember seeing pictures of one like it in texas and thinking "awe, why cant we get one like that?!"

when i first saw it, i just figured the Huntsville center snagged it when the Texas space-camp when down the tube. am i wrong?
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There are 3 Saturn V. One in Flordia, one in Alabama and one in Texas. There has never been a U. S. Space camp in Texas, and the texas Saturn V it is at the Johnson Space Center. Space Camp does not own any of the Saturn V.
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It has been there for quite some time. You can even check out some older Rocket Center brochures on this site and it's clearly there...
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It has been there since the USSRC opened in the 1970s. There is even a picture of Von Braun standing next to it. You can see a thumbnail of it on www.savethesaturn.com
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