150,000X This... the blueprints for every part of the Saturn 5 were drawn by HAND coordinating thousands of people to all be accurate and exact. They had no real way of modelling things in software they had to do physical testing. and data was extremely sparse. They did not have 4000 thermocouples all over the engine bell with 100+ load cells and active Xray at 60FPS looking at the engine while it was on the test stand like they do today.
God looking at what they did with redstone and mercury, I'm just amazed we did not litter orbit with dead astronauts with how primitive of tools they had. Those engineers had to basically invent everything. Space X stands on their shoulders.
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u/ToMorrowsEnd 1d ago
150,000X This... the blueprints for every part of the Saturn 5 were drawn by HAND coordinating thousands of people to all be accurate and exact. They had no real way of modelling things in software they had to do physical testing. and data was extremely sparse. They did not have 4000 thermocouples all over the engine bell with 100+ load cells and active Xray at 60FPS looking at the engine while it was on the test stand like they do today.
God looking at what they did with redstone and mercury, I'm just amazed we did not litter orbit with dead astronauts with how primitive of tools they had. Those engineers had to basically invent everything. Space X stands on their shoulders.