The Apollo program was powered by the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine, the most powerful liquid-fuel rocket ever developed. Five engines were used on each Saturn V launch. They would burn for about two and half minutes before separating and falling back into the Atlantic Ocean. In 2013 a Jeff Bezos funded expedition located a debris field of F-1 engine remains sitting over 14,000 feet under the ocean surface. The recovered parts have been put through a conservation process to identify them and remove some of the effects of sitting on the ocean floor for more than 40 years. At the request of Bezos, NASA has donated a recovered Apollo 12 engine to the Seattle Museum of Flight.
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(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Saturday November 28 2015, @11:59AM
Cool! I might be making a trip soon! I always get over-romantic about this space stuff. If you haven't seen it, give Planetes [wikipedia.org] a watch, if only for the opening.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Saturday November 28 2015, @01:38PM
I think this might be his way of making up for the fact that Seattle got screwed when NASA was handing out space shuttles. Obviously Bezos had no pull on the decision, but it's nice that we get this and they don't. It's nice to have a trainer, but considering the areas contributions to flight, it seemed like a ridiculous snub. Especially given that there are multiple ones on the east coast.