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How and who calculated the thrust required from first stage of launch vehicle Saturn V for moon landing?
Chariots For Apollo is an excellent resource for this.
The initial numbers followed from a large number of feasibility studies, dating back to the late 1950s. These feasibility studies gave rough ...
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How and who calculated the thrust required from first stage of launch vehicle Saturn V for moon landing?
Apollo was just like any large program/project; the mass of the vehicles and resource usage changed from initial design through the end of the program.
Even ignoring the addition of the moon buggies ...
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basis for designing fins of a space launch vehicle
Center of Pressure
The most basic consideration for rocket fins is the center of pressure. This is basically the point along the rocket where the surface area of the rocket above and below are equal. ...
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