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Detail of some sort of structure on the trailing edge of the fin; I really don't know their purpose and neither of the two surviving Saturn IBs have these on their fins.

I know that some flying warbirds mount tassels on the trailing edge of their wings (generally toward the wingtip) to dissipate static electricity, but I don't know if this serves a similar purpose.

 
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Time picture taken Tue Jul 29 16:05:00 2008
Location picture taken Apollo Gallery
Hall of Space
Kansas Cosmosphere
Hutchinson, KS
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