Why Saturn IB?
After learning about (and finally managing to understand) propellant crossfeeding, I was struck with an idea: Would this be applicable to, say, a modified Saturn IB?...
The Saturn IB had nine tanks (one Jupiter of LOX, four Redstones of LOX and four Redstones of RP-1) and eight engines, in what I assume was a very complicated maze of plumbing.
Quote from: baldusi on 10/24/2012 02:40 pmThe Saturn IB had nine tanks (one Jupiter of LOX, four Redstones of LOX and four Redstones of RP-1) and eight engines, in what I assume was a very complicated maze of plumbing.I envisioned the creation of a more monolithic and less "Cluster's Last Stand" sort of S-IB with one LOX tank and one RP-1 tank with the same total fuel volumes.