The Saturn V and the future we lived in last year

Look what happens when you turn engineers loose. This terrific article about both resurrecting and reverse-engineering the F-1 rocket engines that powered the Saturn V is from last April, so I'm well behind the times, but, hey, the thrill never ends.

This fills me with joy. It's the perfect counterpoint to seeing Saturn Vs on display at Kennedy Space Center 13 years ago and my sadness that their time was past. Kudos to Nick Case and Erin Betts, the two liquid engine system engineers at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. They spearheaded the effort to get an F-1 engine out of storage and into their workshop. Kudos as well to Tom Williams, their boss, and to everyone working on the project.

This is just the gas generator. One of the gas generators....

With a tip o'the link hat to dalesql.

Yes, it's March...

...but it's also 1 measly degree friendly Fahrenheit here at Toad Woods. The lions and lambs would both be frozen solid here. Thanks to the heroine who fills my oil tank even when I haven't managed to clear a path to the back of the house (or even carved a way through the plow ridge along the drive), I'm not frozen. So long as I stay inside, that is. Fortunately, I've lots of work and more to keep me busy and then some. Now if only keystrokes and mouse clicks generated heat....

C'mon, spring! You can do it! We are SO ready for you.