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episode 239: The Saturn V Launch Vehicle
Guest: David Woods Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Stefaan Rillaert
David Woods has a new book out, so of course he has to talk about it on omega tau :-) His recent book is about the Saturn V launch vehicle, i.e., this time it is about the rocket, not about the spaceship. In this episode we dive into lots of details that we did not cover in the two Apollo episodes (episodes 83 and 97) — make sure you have listened to those before you listen to this one.
Introduction 00:05:34David Woods | David's book, NASA Saturn V Manual (OT83 - How Apollo Flew to the Moon | OT97 - How Apollo Explored the Moon) | Apollo Flight Journal | Launch vehicle | Space vehicle | Rocket equation | Saturn V | N1 rocket
Overview stages 00:11:07Saturn V stages | Multistage rocket | Orbit insertion | Saturn I | Saturn IB
First stage 00:21:19First stage : S-IC | F1 engine | Rocket engine | F1 thrust chamber | RP-1 Kerosene | Turbopump | Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera | Presentation about the fuel cycle used on the engine for going to Mars | Elon Musk on going to Mars | SpaceX Falcon 9 | Manned Orbiting Laboratory | Hypergolic propellant | Jeff Bezos' recovery of (parts of) F1 engines
Engine second and third stage 00:59:16J2 engine | Hydrogen | RL10 engine | Episode on the Apollo Guidance Computer | Liquid-propellant rocket | Space Shuttle main engine
Second stage 01:16:04Second stage : S-II | Problems with stage 2 in 'Stages to Saturn' | Ullage motor
Third stage 01:26:20Third stage : S-IVB
Guidance and control 01:34:37Control system | Saturn V Instrument Unit | IMU | Gimbal | Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer | About the computer in 'Stages to Saturn' | Embedded system | Magnetic-core memory
Apollo flights 01:47:46Saturn V Flight Manual | Lunar Rover Manual | Retrorocket | All-Up testing | Pogo oscillation | Apollo 6 | Apollo 13
Interesting sidelines 02:13:59O2/H2 Burner on the S-IVB stage | S-IVB stage impact on the moon | Audio recording of a Saturn V launch with the microphone at the PA system | Apollo Flight Journal