Balsa was used for the core instead of foam in locations where loading dictated (seemed strange to build real flight hardware out of traditional modeling materials - foam and balsa - but there we were).
Yes, that snippet applies to the real thing.
Balsa was used for the core instead of foam in locations where loading dictated (seemed strange to build real flight hardware out of traditional modeling materials - foam and balsa - but there we were).

This is the NARAM 51 edition and my main feeling after thumbing through it is...I wish I had attended! The coverage is typical to past NARAMs and includes plenty of photos. It started well with the cover showing a nice closeup of Chas Russell showing off the Pod Bay Door's Sci-Fi-Future Scale Saturn IB MLV-11.5. I had taken note of this model on NARAM Live! but didn't know much about it.