Today's Saturn V launch

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by dlavery

There are three surviving Saturn V rockets that were never used and are currently on display - one in Huntsville, one in Houston at the Johnson Space Center, and one in Florida at the Kennedy Space Center.

To amplify Gdeaver's comments: If you have never seen a Saturn V rocket up close, put it on your list of things to do this year. There are no words that can describe it, aside from the obvious "big". Even the shuttle is dwarfed by this thing.

[GaryVoshol]

We visited the Johnson Space Center when champs was in Houston. In the museum they have an Apollo capsule, and next to it was a model of the whole Saturn V. The girls on the FLL team could hardly believe the capsule was the only part that came back to earth.

[wilsonmw04]

isn't the new space vehicle under development based, in part,on the Saturn 5?
We may again have a chance to see large rockets heading into space in the near future. The Ares V looks wicked btw.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

The girls on the FLL team could hardly believe the capsule was the only part that came back to earth.

It was an extraordinary time to live in and learn from. Simply extraordinary.