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Contents 1 Unsectioned comments 2 Saturn V pic 3 Saturn I v. IB 4 Largest Space Museum

[edit] Unsectioned comments

Article seems no longer to be a stub. Agree? Wendell 00:23, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I agree, but i may be bais since i live in Huntsville..

Able is not buried at the center. Able died on the table at KSC during post-flight medical tests. Only Miss Baker was ever at the USSRC and was buried on site. The actual location of the burial site is unknown, but a marker is placed outside the main entrance

The Rocket Center is not operated by Marshall Space Flight Center or officially affiliated with NASA, though NASA does own and maintain some exhibits within the museum. The Rocket Center itself is actually run by the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission.

[edit] Saturn V pic

It's been several years since I was last in Huntsville, but the photo of Saturn V on the page isn't of the Saturn V I remember. I remember that the actual rocket that is on the National Register is laying down at the back of the rocket park. The article mentions a model Saturn V being errected next to the actual Saturn Ib that is located at the center of the rocket park near the fake moon landing. I changed the caption to indicate that the photo is of a the model, not of the actual rocket. Could someone please confim? 67.188.7.78 03:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Good catch as the caption was misleading. The article says that the Saturn V model is "near" the Saturn IB. If you look at the Teraserver image on the page you can clearly see the Saturn V model on the far left of the image, while the IB appears closer to the middle. I'm not so sure if that qualifies as "near" or not. Cjosefy 12:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Just to correct the discussion above, there is no Saturn IB model at the USSRC. Their Rocket Park contains a Saturn I, similar to the Saturn I on display in front of Building 4471 at MSFC's Rocket Park. The Rocket Center does maintain a model of a Saturn IB, but it is located at a rest stop on I-65S near the Alabama/Tennessee border. -- 128.158.67.33 (talk) 17:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saturn I v. IB

The Field Guide to American Spacecraft identifies this as a Saturn I, and even explains why it's not a IB. Is there a source that contradicts this? AllTheseWorlds 16:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Largest Space Museum

The Space Camp website and promotional material name the USSRC the largest space museum in the country. If this is an adequate reference, it should be added to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.214.78 (talk) 05:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC)