a_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1963, MSFC photo, no. 3-2904-5)
F-1 engines being readied for a static test at the NASA "High Thrust Test Area", Edwards AFB, California.
TIMELESS - these engineering marvels look phenomenal, on or off, whether they're vertical, horizontal, inverted, attached to a Saturn V or a test stand, on a transport dolly...even on the ocean floor all crumpled up.
Excellent F-1 reading:
www.thespacereview.com/article/3724/1
Credit: The Space Review website
a_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1963, MSFC photo, no. 3-2904-5)
F-1 engines being readied for a static test at the NASA "High Thrust Test Area", Edwards AFB, California.
TIMELESS - these engineering marvels look phenomenal, on or off, whether they're vertical, horizontal, inverted, attached to a Saturn V or a test stand, on a transport dolly...even on the ocean floor all crumpled up.
Excellent F-1 reading:
www.thespacereview.com/article/3724/1
Credit: The Space Review website