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M&P15T Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 On 1/14/2021 at 3:06 PM, Swampfox762 said: Werner Van Braun next to a Saturn Rocket engines Why does NASA (and everyone else) call the Saturn Vs "rockets" instead of "missiles"? It's my understanding that the difference is that missiles are guided, whereas rockets are un-guided. Therefore the Saturn Vs should be called missiles. Is there something I'm missing? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 44 minutes ago, M&P15T said: Why does NASA (and everyone else) call the Saturn Vs "rockets" instead of "missiles"? It's my understanding that the difference is that missiles are guided, whereas rockets are un-guided. Therefore the Saturn Vs should be called missiles. Is there something I'm missing? The implied modifier... Missles - guided missiles - weapon Rockets - sky rockets - celebration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gwalchmai Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, M&P15T said: Why does NASA (and everyone else) call the Saturn Vs "rockets" instead of "missiles"? It's my understanding that the difference is that missiles are guided, whereas rockets are un-guided. Therefore the Saturn Vs should be called missiles. Is there something I'm missing? Maybe, when referring to the Saturn V they're just talking about the rocket engine (booster). IIRC, the guidance systems are located in the payload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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