[Elecraft] OT-NASA soldering

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/26/06 9:58:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
wa2dkg at earthlink.net writes:


> At that time NASA estimated that they saved 450 pounds on the entire Saturn 
> 5 launch vehicle by limiting the amount of solder used for a "one-shot" 
> launch...

I don't know why that would cause skepticism. A fully loaded Saturn V weighed 
6,699,000 pounds (according to Wikipedia). 

73 de Jim, N2EY