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Old 05-January-2009, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by matthewota View Post
I have never seen such fins on NASA conceptual artwork. It must be an earlier design that was superceeded by the latest one.
Like you said ealier, it's deigned to fly as a model rocket.

This is a video of Block I launching. it was just a single stager. On the lower section, I tried flying it with clear fins, which easily sheared of. You're also correct in that I based that part on an earlier design.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK2Ex...eature=channel
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=9205.0
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