Mike Dunford is a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studies evolution. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
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Posted on: March 15, 2008 1:45 AM, by Mike Dunford
This photo quiz is a bit different from the others I've done so far. Instead of giving you a full picture, I'm going to put up a piece of the image and a hint. Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to try to figure out what this is a picture of.
First, the picture:
Now, the hint: This item shares a name with a place where it's never been.
I'll post the answer (or possibly a new hint) on Tuesday.
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This is a Saturn 5 rocket.
Posted by: Nathan | March 15, 2008 3:29 AM
Could be a Titan 4A rocket
Posted by: Scott V | March 15, 2008 10:59 AM
just like Nathan I first thought of the Saturn V - have seen one similar to this at Houston...
Posted by: Chas | March 15, 2008 11:02 AM
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Dang, Nathan was all over that one early.
But Saturn V is my guess also...
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Posted by: ...tom... | March 15, 2008 11:32 AM
First stage of the Saturn Five rocket showing the nozzles of the J-1 motors. Five in all.
Posted by: Bob Brashear | March 15, 2008 4:10 PM
I think these are the SSMEs from the Space Shuttle Atlantis
Posted by: Nick | March 16, 2008 5:39 AM
I think Nick may be correct. I also made a mistake identifying the first stage motors for the Saturn 5. They were F-1 engines (5 in all). The nozzle extensions in the photo above look different than those for the F-1.
Posted by: Bob Brashear | March 16, 2008 10:16 AM
These bear no resemblance to the SSMEs used on the STS-26, based on the image at http://tinyurl.com/3ay89g
There should be external plumbing visible, if these were SSMEs.
Posted by: JohnnieCanuck, FCD | March 16, 2008 6:23 PM
Anyone here not an APOD regular? Try this launch image: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080316.html
If I were Zeus, I think I would be offended by this, somehow.
Posted by: JohnnieCanuck, FCD | March 16, 2008 6:33 PM
I based my guess on the fact that this photo seems to be inside a hangar of some sort, and that the photo seems to be of a quality to suggest that it was taken in recent years. Since the remaining Saturn V's have been on outdoor display in Texas, Alabama. and Florida for as long as I can remember, I didn't think it likely that it was a Saturn.
Also, there are only three engines visable in the photo, and they seem to be set at slightly different angles, with the top center engine slightly forward. The first stage engines on the Saturn V were all mounted parallel and even with one another.
Posted by: Nick | March 17, 2008 3:25 AM
Indoor display of the unused Saturn 5 rocket at the Apollo exhibit in Florida.
Posted by: DC | March 17, 2008 3:14 PM
Further research revealed the Alabama specimen has also been moved indoors. I have to remember from now on, Google, then type....
I still think those engines are from the Shuttle...
Is it possible that they could be from the new Orion or another booster?
Posted by: Nick | March 17, 2008 7:21 PM
The answer has been posted.
Posted by: Mike Dunford | March 18, 2008 11:24 AM