From: heller@deepsoft.com   
      
     g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com (Gordon D. Pusch),   
     In a message on 16 Jan 2004 09:44:27 -0600, wrote :   
      
   GDP> Joann Evans  writes:   
   GDP>   
   GDP> > Rajesh Khanna wrote:   
   GDP> >   
   GDP> >> Who has the most powerfull rocket engine?  In terms of  Lifting   
   capability?   
   GDP> >   
   GDP> >    If I'm understanding you correctly, I think that would still be the   
   GDP> > Saturn-5 first stage F-1 engines:   
   GDP>   
   GDP> Uh, that would be the answer to: "Who _HAD_ the most powerful rocket?"   
   GDP> The Saturn V is now a lawn ornament --- not a rocket.   
      
   Since the Saturn Vs were *never* reusable, each launch of a Saturn V   
   used a fresh, brand new rocket.  There is no reason that NASA could not   
   just build another Saturn V, other than the fact that it really is a lot   
   of 'old' technology. Saturn Vs were not exactly mass produced, although   
   some of the components probably were (are?).   
      
   GDP>   
   GDP>   
   GDP> -- Gordon D. Pusch   
   GDP>   
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