Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' moon rocket engines preserved in Kansas
[ Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:41 GMT ]
By Robert Z. PearlmanSpace.comAlthough they stood up to the immense thrust needed to launch the mighty Saturn V rocket toward the moon, it turns out that the mammoth F-1 engines that powered the booster's first two-and-a-half minutes of flight were no match for the Atlantic Ocean.The twisted and tattered remains of at least two engines, salvaged from the seafloor by an expedition organized and fun...
    


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