So sort of a trivia quiz

And no, I don't have the answers, but I'm curious:

First:
Which crewed craft (in any config) has flown on the most different types of
boosters? For these purposes, I'm counting all versions of Soyuz rockets as
"the same" until convinced otherwise.

So far I have Apollo and Mercury being the "winners:
Mercury - Little Joe, Redstone, Atlas
Apollo - Little Joe II, Saturn IB, Saturn V

Soyuz (spacecraft, in Soyuz and Zond configurations) - Soyuz (rocket),
Proton (I believe the Zonds to the Moon were launched on this) and I think
one other.

Second:
Which launch pad (or complex if you wish) has launched the most DIFFERENT
types of rockets.
Right now LC-39B comes to mind:
Saturn V
Saturn IB
Shuttle
Ares 1-X

I'm sure there are others that can beat that?

Ok trivia/history buffs go to work.

Just bumping this up since it seems no one originally replied.

"Greg (Strider) Moore" wrote in message
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And no, I don't have the answers, but I'm curious:

First:
Which crewed craft (in any config) has flown on the most different types of
boosters? For these purposes, I'm counting all versions of Soyuz rockets as
"the same" until convinced otherwise.

So far I have Apollo and Mercury being the "winners:
Mercury - Little Joe, Redstone, Atlas
Apollo - Little Joe II, Saturn IB, Saturn V

Soyuz (spacecraft, in Soyuz and Zond configurations) - Soyuz (rocket),
Proton (I believe the Zonds to the Moon were launched on this) and I think
one other.

Second:
Which launch pad (or complex if you wish) has launched the most DIFFERENT
types of rockets.
Right now LC-39B comes to mind:
Saturn V
Saturn IB
Shuttle
Ares 1-X

I'm sure there are others that can beat that?

Ok trivia/history buffs go to work.

--
Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/
CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net

On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 11:10:09 PM UTC-5, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
Second:
Which launch pad (or complex if you wish) has launched the most DIFFERENT
types of rockets.
Right now LC-39B comes to mind:
Saturn V
Saturn IB
Shuttle
Ares 1-X

I'm sure there are others that can beat that?

Ok trivia/history buffs go to work.

Unless the ESA can beat that I sort of doubt that. Russian launch pads are more special purpose build outs aren't they?

In fact I couldn't find any history of a Saturn IB launch at LC-39A for that matter. So even with Saturn V and Shuttle and the F9H that will only make for 3 types of rockets. With the launch of SLS, LC-39B will still comfortably hold onto the lead with up to 5 different types!

Dave

On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 8:34:23 PM UTC-5, David Spain wrote:
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 11:10:09 PM UTC-5, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
Second:
Which launch pad (or complex if you wish) has launched the most DIFFERENT
types of rockets.
Right now LC-39B comes to mind:
Saturn V
Saturn IB
Shuttle
Ares 1-X

I'm sure there are others that can beat that?

Ok trivia/history buffs go to work.

Unless the ESA can beat that I sort of doubt that. Russian launch pads are more special purpose build outs aren't they?

In fact I couldn't find any history of a Saturn IB launch at LC-39A for that matter. So even with Saturn V and Shuttle and the F9H that will only make for 3 types of rockets. With the launch of SLS, LC-39B will still comfortably hold onto the lead with up to 5 different types!

Dave

OH OH I forgot the Skylab! Now would that count as a different rocket? If so, that would put LC-39A at 4 and tied with LC-39B until SLS.

Dave

"David Spain" wrote in message
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On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 8:34:23 PM UTC-5, David Spain wrote:
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 11:10:09 PM UTC-5, Greg (Strider) Moore
wrote:
Second:
Which launch pad (or complex if you wish) has launched the most
DIFFERENT
types of rockets.
Right now LC-39B comes to mind:
Saturn V
Saturn IB
Shuttle
Ares 1-X

I'm sure there are others that can beat that?

Ok trivia/history buffs go to work.

Unless the ESA can beat that I sort of doubt that. Russian launch pads
are more special purpose build outs aren't they?

In fact I couldn't find any history of a Saturn IB launch at LC-39A for
that matter. So even with Saturn V and Shuttle and the F9H that will only
make for 3 types of rockets. With the launch of SLS, LC-39B will still
comfortably hold onto the lead with up to 5 different types!

Dave

OH OH I forgot the Skylab! Now would that count as a different rocket? If
so, that would put LC-39A at 4 and tied with LC-39B until SLS.

Dave


Some call the Saturn V that launched Skylab as a variation on the variation
known as "Int-21" but I think it's same basic rocket.
And know, LC-39A didn't do a Saturn IB. They had the IB on 39B for launch
soon after Skylab, until the solar shield issues came up.

And after that they were starting to renovate 39A for the shuttle.


--
Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/
CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net

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OH OH I forgot the Skylab! Now would that count as a different rocket?
If so, that would put LC-39A at 4 and tied with LC-39B until SLS.

Not in my opinion. Skylab launch was done on a two stage Saturn V.
Yes, there were minor differences between it and the three stage Saturn
V flights. But, there were minor differences throughout the Saturn V
program. It flew very few times, so they were tweaking things on pretty
much every flight.

Model maker websites do a good job of documenting the visible changes,
like the small small rockets used to separate stages and provide thrust
for settling propellants.

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

On Monday, November 17, 2014 at 11:35:40 PM UTC-5, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
And no, I don't have the answers, but I'm curious:

Second:
Which launch pad (or complex if you wish) has launched the most DIFFERENT
types of rockets.
Right now LC-39B comes to mind:
Saturn V
Saturn IB
Shuttle
Ares 1-X

I'm sure there are others that can beat that?

New candidate for you.

SLC-17B Cape Canaveral, 12 "associated" rocket types. So I guess it's how you count 'em....

Checked Vandenberg, nada, nothing else in USA comes as close....

Pasted from Wikipedia:

SLC-17B launch history
Status Inactive
Launches 164
First launch 25 January 1957
PGM-17 Thor
Last launch 10 September 2011
Delta II / GRAIL
Associated rockets:
PGM-17 Thor
Thor-Ablestar
Thor-Delta
Thor DSV-2F
Thor DSV-2G
Delta A/B/C/E/G
Delta 1000
Delta 2000
Delta 3000
Delta 4000
Delta II 6000/7000/H
Delta III 8000

Dave