Where did all the 400,000 people go???

Did it really take 400,000 people to land Apollo 11 on the Moon?  Of course it did.  Not only do I have the proof, I was there.  We are getting close to the 40th Anniversary of the greatest Adventure in the history of Mankind.  Nothing can compare with it-nothing. Those of us who took part in this grand adventure have seen the Astronauts, the folks in the control centers at Houston and the Cape and some at NASA pat themselves on the back, smoke cigars all around and act like Roman generals.  Uhhh-what were the rest of us-gum on the bottom of your shoes?  Actually, most of the Astronauts have been decent human beings.  Let me tell the rest of you overblown whatevers, I was one of many Propulsion Engineers of the biggest 1st Stage ever built.  The engines themselves were the biggest ever built.  I know no one will ever read this information because no one cares about anything except semi-naked, doped-up drunk-rich idiot of the week who crash their Bentleys.  If you want to find about the biggest rocket engine in the world (it still is), read on.    The 1st Stage of the Saturn V Rocket was named the X1C-Stage.  Fuel Tanks at the top and engines at the bottom.  And what engines they are!  They still exist.  They are all over the place.   Rocketdyne made the F-1 engine which was a part of North American Aviation.  The S1C-Stage had FIVE of these engines.  The fuel was a combination of LOX and RP-1 (Kerosene).  Upon ignition the 1st stage with all 5 engines developed 7.5 Million pounds of thrust.  Oh, I forgot, no one really cares.  I don’t even know why I type this.  It will never be read.  Finally the 1st stage operates about 2.5 minutes to reach 38 miles until burnout.  What a magnificent stage.  It never failed.  It never killed any of our astronauts.   I love those engines.  I bet you can’t guess my gender.                                      

Welcome to the Saturn V Apollo Project

The Apollo Project

Did you know that it took 400,000 people to put Apollo 11 on the Moon?  This was almost 40 years ago on July 20, 1969.  Does anyone really care?  Does anyone really remember? This was the greatest achievement in the history of mankind.  Nothing and I mean nothing can compare with Apollo which lasted from 1963 until 1974.  Ever since then we have been mucking about in low orbit and going nowhere.  We did launch some wonderful space telescopes such as the Hubble, the Chandra, the Spitzer and more.  So?  I have been looking but I cannot find another woman except my friend Sally who was an Engineer on the S1-C Stage of the Saturn V.  We actually were Propulsion Engineers at the Michoud Plant in the 1960’s.  I was told by an Aerospace Engineer at a prominent Engineering School that I maybe scarce as hen’s teeth.

More to come……………………………………………..