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Old March 25th 13, 02:57 PM posted to sci.space.history
Dean
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Default recovered F-1 engines - which mission?

On Monday, March 25, 2013 3:52:44 AM UTC-4, bob haller wrote:
On Mar 24, 10:12*pm, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"

wrote:

"Jan Philips" *wrote in message


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On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:50 -0700 (PDT), bob haller


wrote:




Could they tell from the location?




Not EXACTLY, the area is littered with all sorts of debris from a


lifetime of launches.




Yes, but we are talking only about Saturn F-1s. *Is the location of


where each SI-C went down known accurately enough to tell which ones


have been found?




A 30 second search shows Apollo 15 was launched more southerly than previous


launches.




And since the launch depended on where the Moon was in its orbit I have to


guess there's some variation (on the scale of miles) between where the


impact points were, but I don't know how much stuff might drift and how


accurately the impact spot was tracked.








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theres a pretty photo of one of the stages impacting the ocean in a

rather spectacular fashion, taken by a fishing boat that probabky

shouldnt of been there


Where might this picture be?