Am I missing something? It looks like all they did was take off the plastic shipping covers from the radiators and the RCS.

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Awaiting First Launch: Too numerous to count
Finishing: Zooch Saturn V; Alway/Nau BioArcas; Estes Expedition; TLP Standard
Repair/Rescue: Cherokee-D (2); Centuri Nike-Smoke; MX-774
On the Bench: 2650;
Dream Stage: 1/39.37 R-7

I would not fly an Estes Saturn V or Semroc Saturn 1B on ANY D12.
The flight can ONLY be accurately described as DISMAL.
I never fly mine on less than the E18 RMS (E15 SU) and usually on the F24.
My new Estes Saturn V is getting the 29mm Commonwealth 29mm upgrade kit.
Mount will allow one to easily use through the 29/240 high power cases, but doubt it will ever get more than a H128.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !

I was coming from the perspective that while on the pad, the Saturn V just needed to fueled and she's "good to go". Obviously, that's not the case. But the CSM is not the only place that got protection. The Q-ball cover at the tip of the LES (pulled moments before liftoff), nozzle covers for the escape motors, an access area taped on the LEM shroud. Which leads me to another question: who was the poor guy removing all of the protection some 30+ stories up?

Greg

The time stamp on these pictures is a little suspect in that it is hard to tell how long it is between the two shots. I suspect it is quite some time (don't have time to research it) because I am positive the support gantry is long gone before the rocket is ready for launch. That said, it'd be hard to say when they pull the RCS covers and what not.

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