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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Trivia quiz - answers
- Message-ID: <C01FHu.Jsu@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:27:29 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.130042.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Dec29.130042.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> oliver@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
- >30. How many Saturn V's flew?
- > Thirteen - Apollos 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and Skylab
- > 1...
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- If you really want to be picky, you can argue that the count was 12.6666...,
- since the Skylab 1 launcher was only the first two stages of a Saturn V.
- (The counterargument is that most of the payload was a rebuilt third
- stage, of course!)
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