Amy Shira Teitel Instagram – The Saturn V shake test. And before someone tells me — yes it was the Saturn 500-F, which also had a unique paint scheme.
The Saturn V stood 363-feet tall, and though it was pretty solid it was still susceptible to things like natural disasters. The shake test was designed to reveal its natural frequencies and help engineers determine its structural integrity in a storm so they could make the call to when it needed to be rolled back into the safety of the Vertical Assemble Building, aka its garage. This happened after Hurricane Alma swept through in 1966, so that could have inspired the test. #author #history #space | Posted on 24/Mar/2024 20:06:39
