Stages to Saturn
by Roger E. Bilstein, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. · first published 1980
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“This is the story of the Apollo and Saturn programs that need to be told. . . . It is a first-class organisational and technological history, and it stands alone as perhaps the very best of the overall government ‘official histories.’”—Balloons to Drones "A classic study of the moon rocket that launched the Apollo astronauts on their voyages of discovery."—Roger Launius, chief historian, National Air and Space Museum "This volume is just one of the many excellent histories produced by government and contract historians for the NASA History Office. . . . Roger Bilstein gracefully wends
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on “The last known unidentified marking on the Saturn V S-IC” ↗…welds and extensive inspection was needed. Does anyone know if this applies to this rocket too? Has welding progressed (or simply kept the skill alive)? Edit: To anyone interested. The excellent book, Stages to Saturn, covered this (and everything else) in quite some detail.
on “SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype fires rocket engine for first time” ↗I also find the "people" stories somewhat less interesting than technical. I really enjoyed the "How Apollo Flew to Moon" book. I also have "Stages to Saturn" on my list to read sometime, sounded interesting but haven't read it yet.
on “NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying” ↗