The Saturn V in perspective

~3000 tons, about 90 % of which was fuel.
Thats enough energy to lay waste to a city!
Not only is assembling a device with that much stored energy a pretty ballsy act, but then to get on top of that rocket and to get fired into space......thats impressive!
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[@Skwisgar2322]

They could have used half the fuel to get to the moon if they didn't have to account for the mass of the astronauts huge balls.

[@LilScrewmatic]

umm yes

[@TheRainbowKiss]

UNDERSTAMEMT OF THE FUCKING CENTURY

[@SpydersByte]

lol.

[@leokimvideo]

Back in the 80's I visited the KSC in Florida and one of these rockets was laying on it's side. It' so huge it's virtually impossible to photograph. Older locals who live across the Indian river tell great stories of these rockets lifting off. They said nothing has ever come close to the noise and vibration of these rockets. Yep the risk reward equation was really ramped up in the late 60's. It seems those styles of risks are no longer part of the deal.

[@VulcanGamesReal]

it is still there! They have a Saturn IB at the main center, and a complete complex for the Saturn V

[@Ulrich_von_Jungingen]

Thanks for articulating something that has been rolling around in the back of my mind for a long time. We are risk adverse these days, hence we aren't attaining the same lofty outcomes.

[@electronicguy420]

Kerbal Space Center

[@jackglaser2001]

They say at that exact moment, Michael Collins was the loneliest man in the universe.

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

not at that moment, but when he was behind the moon, he had no communications with Earth.

[@TJskillz169]

MrTURBOJOHN pretty sure that moment was when he was behind the moon.

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

TJskillz169 was he? I can perfectly see the Earth, by behind the Moon I mean he couldn't see Earth, and Earth had no contact with him. You can also see that he was really close to the lander, which means he wasn't all that alone since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were just a few meters away.

[@TJskillz169]

MrTURBOJOHN I think that was the lunar lander we saw, since we could see everyone ever in that one frame, meaning we can't see Michael. He was probably still waiting for them to return while he made his orbit around the room.

[@Markus9705]

MrTURBOJOHN I'm behind the Moon. :)

[@petersmythe6462]

The Saturn V's particular brand of fuel is actually much more energetic than most high explosives. Kerolox RP-1 is worth 2.4 times its weight in TNT, whilst hydrolox is even more energetic, at 3.8 times. The true yield would've been something like 8 kilotons, that's half a Hiroshima.

[@boblake2340]

Those were the days.... People could see this, marvel at it, and see a way into a better future. That feeling is gone.

[@troyadams19]

Maybe not for long. People are getting very, very interested in space science again, and the commercial spaceflight industry is starting to take off. Would be nice if we could pick up the pace though, that's for damn sure.

[@Partyffs]

Troy Adams A new cold war is just what we need ;)

[@Baud2Bits]

That is not the reality of it. People just wanted to see the shiny new thing. Apollo 11 was the most watched event in television history but by Apollo 13 the majority reaction was 'Meh' until NASA faked the oxygen tank explosion and introduced some jeopardy.

[@waveoflight]

Mystogan Edolas That escalated really fast.

[@phoenixshade3]

***** The must have faked it really, really well, because dozens of amateur astronomers were able to photograph the expanding gas cloud that was venting from the service module, exactly where it would have been expected to be. How do you propose they managed to pull that off?

[@MRayner59]

And yet many still believe that a burning shrub is far more amazing. Go figure.

[@Partyffs]

Don't diss the weed man! it be good bruh!

[@MRayner59]

Mystogan Edolas LOL! Not the shrub I had in mind. Too funny.... I should have foreseen that one coming.

[@Hadgerz]

Fetch me another shrubberyyy

[@MRayner59]

Hagz500R Only slightly higher, with a little path running down the middle...

[@chrisose]

***** You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with a herring!!

[@EdwardHowton]

I was lucky enough to buy my way to Space Camp in high school, thanks to an organized trip. There's a full-size model of the Saturn V (and other things) in Alabama. The scale model and the tiny astronaut might be accurate, but it doesn't do it justice. You can't imagine how freaking huge that rocket was until you've walked its length lying down and stood in the shadow it casts. And then you realize it was mostly a metal tube filled with, basically, explosives. Some people feel awe when a dipshit flops around on a church floor and makes random noises they think are magic words. Some people are stupid.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Yeah, that's not a model, that's a real one. Had the budget not been cut, that would have launched Apollo 20.

[@chrisose]

I was lucky enough to have seen a couple of the Apollo launches in person, including the night launch of Apollo 17. It was an absolutely amazing sight.

[@taliladd224]

Jammy sod

[@chrisose]

taliesin garland One of the advantages of growing up 60 miles from the Cape.

[@MattHoffmannn]

chrisose My god am i jealous! I wasn't even born yet, but my grandfather was, and he was an engineer at NASA (left in 1992, now teaches calculus at a college for free, AND he's 80). To hear of the "glory days" of NASA and the awe it inspired is truly amazing. I am so jealous.

[@RocKiteman]

FWLIW: I grew up in St. Pete {I was born there in 1961}. My parents - with me in tow - went to watch one of the Apollo launches. I do not remember which one, although I am pretty sure it was not Apollo 11 or 13. I still remember watching it launch & climb out into the sky, even though were were a few miles away from the launch site....

[@odysseusrex5908]

Oh, I was there too. Wasn't that incredible? It looked like a blue green meteor going the wrong way.

[@h0lx]

"I was the second man on the Moon, Neil before me!" -Buzz Aldrin

[@SawdEndymon]

+THUNDERF00T You HAVE TO MAKE A "Why people laugh at moon landing conspiracy theorists."

[@wickedblackmetal6278]

Tru😂😂😂😂

[@prototypeinheritance515]

+DavIDLSY 1245 or Flat-earthers. These people can´t be argued with. I have been in a comment thread on one of their videos for years now, throwing scientific evidence at them, yet they still believe in their moronic crackpot science that makes children in kindergarden cry

[@hawks1ish]

please do this thunderfoot

[@VulcanGamesReal]

Who was Bart Sibrel? AND OF COURSE THE LANDINGS ARE FAKE! They would have exploded like mine in KSP... Or I might just be salty about having a game over because of a failed landing attempt on Mun... that could be a valid reason too... (Disclaimer: I do NOT think the landings were fake)

[@johnny_eth]

There isn't much to laugh at, but I think he could do "Why did Buzz Aldrin punch a moon landing denialist in the face".

[@bakirev]

I couldn't help but notice the badly tucked shirt. 

[@magottyk]

But where's the gunner girls.

[@TXiCN]

That's sexist! Stop the tousled shirt shaming NOW!

[@jamesgray7064]

One of TF's best fashion statements. I already forwarded this to TMZ for them to bash XD

[@AdamLProductions]

#ShirtgateDecember OH SHIT - IT'S STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN

[@trojanwalrus2928]

And he is wearing men's clothing. Sexist pig

[@Liangzhuotang]

Wow Thunderf00t, that was the most awe inspiring video I ever watch. Never thought about the sheer scale of engineering required that made that happen.

[@punman5392]

2:24 every human except for the ones on the far side of he earth

[@Tech_Planet]

I like the picture @ the end. Shows how small we are compared to the rest of the universe.

[@IAmNumber4000]

Astronauts are some of the bravest men to ever live.

[@zacharykrawczyk3942]

+IAN 4000 Well if something goes wrong, you won't be there for long.

[@mgpmisterk2322]

They are the bravest

[@qpOffBeatPanda999]

The last image in this video made my eyes water. It's like a family visiting a theme park,famous landmark or a different country and asking a passerby to take a picture so they can get the whole family in the photo.

[@skeptorr]

2:23 You're assuming that no human was abducted by aliens.

[@ZontarDow]

You've been watching too much Stargate

[@Terenin]

Glebs Litvjaks Why? They would be enjoying that, it's not exactly every day SJW's get some anal insertion action.

[@FracturedPixels]

Terenin I think what Glebs is counting on is that the aliens keep them afterwards.

[@Terenin]

***** Yeah, good luck with that. They will be returned to sender post-haste ^^

[@FracturedPixels]

Terenin I'm sure if we filleted and marinated them in garlic, we could probably get the aliens to buy them off us.

[@michaelmartinez364]

This video was really cool. Very informative. Thanks for the video Thunderf00t.

[@Leester-70]

Shame it's been a generation since humanity went on an adventure like this.

[@borderworldxen2273]

By that I'm guessing you mean sending humans into space right? Well sending humans into space is obsolete. Everything humans can do in space, robots can do the same or better. They are also much cheaper in every regard.

[@Leester-70]

Ahh the singularity draws nigh!

[@dume85]

We just landed on a comet. It is super sad that everyone has already forgot that.

[@borderworldxen2273]

***** The good of robots outweigh the good of humans. (My opinion) "The smallest accident could end a project that took decades to acheive, whereas human crews could fix such problems and therefore keep the experiments going" - The same goes for humans. One small little thing goes wrong, then boom they're dead. An example: running out of food / Oxygen. "Robots are tools, not yet replacements for people" - Purely opinion.

[@rainick]

Check Your Head Well no robots are not replacements for people that isn't an opinion. They have no higher order thinking. The best processors don't compare to the human brain so it is a fact not an opinion.

[@chrisgriffin4012]

Excellent video mate. You should do more of these comparative videos like this. Its nice to be able to see things in perspective. Makes it harder to take the modern marvels for granted.

[@MaxxSimmons]

Love your vids thunder!!!! You look hella uncomfortable in the penguin suit tho lol.

[@AnEntropyFan]

Maybe a coincidence, but maybe he went for what the ground control was wearing at the time.

[@MaxxSimmons]

Nice! He still looks hella uncomfortable tho lol

[@Gilambesh]

Watching the Apollo launch gives me goose bumps every time. Thank you Thunderf00t for reminding us that risks are often worth the reward.

[@salvatoreshiggerino6810]

Michael Collins should have done a selfie.

[@RickySTT]

“Every human being, alive or dead, except for Michael Collins, is contained within this frame.” This one really caught my attention.

[@joe4324]

Just me or does that last frame choke you up?

[@dogbiscuit1649]

No mate. You're right. Its awesome.

[@Henrik.Yngvesson]

Speaking of space and rockets. I recently started to play "Kerbal Space Program" and it's one of the best games I've ever played. It's a very realistic space exploring game where you build the rockets from scratch and at first it's a challenge just to get up into orbit.

[@homeycdawg]

Astronauts possess the biggest balls humanity has to offer.

[@Martial-Mat]

Outstanding video! Thunderf00t at his best. Enthusiastic, positive, educational.

[@davidblayvas5240]

Why didn't Michael Collins take a selfie with every human being?

[@GumballAstronaut7206]

IKR!?!

[@jameshart5504]

So he could say: "I was the only person *EVER* not to be in this picture".

[@lukas-jw8vc]

James Hart exept for Neil Armstrong,Buzz Aldrin and everybody on the other side of the Earth :)

[@knarfweasel]

David Blayvas cause he wasnt a tool

[@AutoSear]

I had no idea how large the Saturn was. Thank you thunderfoot, that was amazing.

[@carbon1255]

but rocket fuel won't melt steel beams.

[@thedeviousduck8027]

Carbon 12 depends on what kind of rocket fuel it is

[@raptorguy3493]

Carbon 12 yes it will if you set it on fire.

[@RichardBown]

Another great Video thundef00t and loving your Saturn V model. Apollo 12 was even struck by lightning (TWICE!!) during launch as the exhaust of water vapour turned the giant rocket into a huge lightning rod!

[@HeliRy]

Dude, you gotta get rid of the purple shag carpet lol

[@skunkjobb]

It's important to note that only about half the weight of the bombs was the explosive material so the devastation from a 1000 bombers raid comes from 1500 tonnes of TNT (or similar explosive).

[@chinogambino9375]

Human space travel is cool and all but I doubt we are going to justify the cost again. Sending robots is far and away more cost effective.

[@tremedar]

For scouting yes, but when humanity collectively pulls its head out of its ass and starts working together rather than against itself and the tech advances....there's a whole universe out there that can't be properly explored by robots.

[@DarkWarriorsPwnage]

we can still send anita with no oxygen and very little fuel money saved

[@SarthorS]

DarkWarrior The question I have is can she produce so much BS quickly enough to propel herself into space. If done in the right area she could fertalise huge areas of farmland at the same time.

[@SarthorS]

***** The thing is that studying things like black holes or quantum physics is investment in the future. The amount of resourse we are currently devoting to it is minuscule. If we allowed your attitude of putting all our resources into tackling immediate concerns, we would still be living in the bronze age. The discoveries we make on the edges of science today will be the foundations of the technology and developments of tomorrow. The technology and knowledge of today are based on the investment of yesterday. I mean, why spend time and money looking at this lighting and electricity nonsense when it could have been better spent clearing a bit more farmland ? I'm not accusing you of being an anti-science nutjob but your argument has a little of the taste of them. I mean you are arguing that NASA's budget is a drop in the ocean while in the same paragraph arguing that the money spent funding things like NASA is better spend on problems down here.

[@Markus9705]

We will. We are going to send people to Mars, forgot that?

[@maingun07]

They say that, apart from a nuclear explosion, a Saturn V launch is the loudest sound ever produced by man.

[@raverdeath100]

poor old and forgotten Michael Collins. he really is entitled to photo bomb the entire fucking world after that.

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

I don't know why you feel sorry for him, He's been to space and we haven't xD

[@jwt242]

Great! Cool thought at the end, too...

[@danmorgan3685]

I have an idiot co-worker who insists the first mission to the moon was faked. What's his "evidence" you may ask? The pictures of course. You know the very proof we went. Yeah, I just flat out told him he was wrong and left it at that.

[@danmorgan3685]

***** Little beyond "that's not how it should look." Well, I challenged him on that one asking if it was the lack of stars. I then explained that the light reflected from the moon would blot out the stars. Kind of like on the earth during the freaking day time. *sigh* It didn't go much further because I just wasn't having it.

[@danmorgan3685]

***** He also believes that chicken has no taste. It only takes on the taste of things it is cooked with. I've told him that he should cook up some chicken and eat it. He'll see it does have taste. Nope, he claims, doesn't need it because he already knows. He BELIEVES and that's enough. No evidence could alter his opinion. Did I mention he's a fundie? You may have guessed it already. I find fundies are the biggest chumps going. They damned near all believe some conspiracy or another. Goes with the territory I guess.

[@danmorgan3685]

***** We live in America. In this country you can be cripplingly ignorant and get by all right. Hell, ignorance is wore as a badge of honor by some.

[@danmorgan3685]

***** Remember he conceded the later moon missions were real. It was the first one that was faked. Why that one and not the others? Because he couldn't refute the mirror planted by the Apollo mission. I suspect his argument was purely tactical so subject to change on a moments notice.

[@redmonkeyass26]

***** sorry to correct you, but no telescope from earth and not even the hubble telescope can see any object left on the moon, not even the descent stage.

[@pauloesperon7697]

That last caption blew my mind. Very clever. Also we need more snapping finger transitions ;)

[@logun24x7]

LOL .... you got me man ...I was scratching my head thinking why Michael Collins wasn't in the frame of the picture ... until I realized he was the one taking the picture ....LOL

[@fishbone937]

I always enjoy your content, thanks for putting cool stuff like this out on the web.

[@MEugeneDavis]

My dad built the F-1 engines. Here are some specs. Each engine put out 60 gigawatts of energy. That's 300 gigawatts for the five engines. To put that in perspective the power coming from the Saturn V at launch could power the entire USA back then. For 2-1/2 minutes that they fired.The power equated to each engine putting out the power of 17 Hoover Dams. A total of 85 Hoover Dams. The F-1s together sucked down 15,000 gallons of fuel PER SECOND. Hence the huge rocket. It was mostly fuel tanks.The fuel pumps alone were 55,000 hp. Each engine put out 565,000 horsepower. I remember watching the launches on the news with Walter Chronkite. He would give the rechter readings in New York City. Usually a 1 or 2 point, low enough no one could feel it. But my dad's engines rattled the entire east coast.

[@JohnSmith-cl3ez]

Great return to form Phil! You've got an AWESOME model collection on that cabinet, it appears to slowly be accumulating/expanding also. Is that some minerals/crystals I spy there, and some coins? Turning to this vid, and reflection on that MASSIVE saturn V. Do you feel that Project Orion will return people to the moon? Will spaceplanes/reusable vehicles make a resurgence, or did the end of the Shuttle program mean the end of spaceplanes by and large? I feel that taikonauts and cosmonauts and india and the private sector may take the lead in the near future. Especially if much is diverted into the White/Alcubierre/Natario drive, and away from ion propulsion projects and Astro-mining. This is even more the case when international space law/UNCLOS and resource shortages/deteriorating grades of ores on earth are considered. I would rather invest in space research and in stabilising living standards than many of the other options that are presently funded and louder on the table. Phil, what are your thoughts on Dr. White's outline and experiments into warping technology, given ERoEI considerations of materials science and Thermodynamics? Do you advocate for a panspermia project, or a multi-generational Von Neumann Probe as longer term projects? Even more out there again, Phil, what are your thoughts on Yuri Heymann's recent work? What are your thoughts on the limits of the Periodic Table - does it go on forever? Are there practical limits (ie, Fermi-Dirac, Feynmann, Dyson numbers, quantum limits and density)? Given the struggles we're having trying to get near the 118-130 element ballpark, and the rate of decay... it seems the limits are plausible. Though, the 'island of stability' could be more an archipelago, with many pockets of stability along an otherwise 'infinite' periodic table. Good luck finding/making stable isotopes of the super eka actinides... Do you believe in Dark Matter - is this integral and necessary for MTheory/String Theory (11D) or can we let Dark Matter go the way of the aether and slip quietly into the night... Thanks for returning to science! I look forward to seeing more installments in the fluid dynamics series too! They're as awesome as your slow-mo freeze vids or the slow-mo explosions vids. (PS, have you seen TAOFLEDERMAUS' 'mercury, gallium and florescence in a blender' videos? Can you explain some of what happens in that?)

[@xexun0010]

that photo at the end was really something

[@danekeeper1]

Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 - August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket

[@fobusas]

Amazing video, like always. And yeah, that lack of perspective always drives me crazy. That last photo is amazing. And that caption.. I think i never saw it before.

[@unkilabelevable]

That last quote just makes me feel so small and insignificant. It's an oddly great feeling...

[@mikefrerichs8860]

Look up the Pale Blue Dot picture taken by Voyager 1. That'll really make you feel small.

[@justinr8526]

I knew there was a reason I still watch this channel.

[@ZURATAMA1324]

The sheer cheesiness of that finger-snap transition made me burst into laughter. XD

[@derekwall200]

this rocket also generated 7 and 1/2 million pounds of thrust, and traveled at 25,000 mph. its also the noisiest rocket ever launched at 220 decibels loud enough to damage buildings 3 miles away and cause grass fires. the saturn 5 F1 engines were and still are the most powerful engines ever built and were built by Boeing and rocketdyne

[@zenjr1004]

"Let's light this candle", thats a baddass quote dude. Even better than "make my day" or "hastalavista baby" :)

[@GallowsofGhent]

It would've been the biggest selfie ever had Michael Collins been on the picture. Nice shirt, Thunderf00t.

[@soughnymaugh]

These are my favourite thunderf00t videos. This is when he’s at his best. It’s a shame about the massive fallout over feminism, so many people will never watch him now.

[@aklimaron7398]

energy is just a potential instrument, what we do with it is up to us

[@Saxxyman3]

I have no idea why you made this video. But I fucking love rockets and it gives me goosebumps thinking about that much power

[@Stiggandr1]

I've had the wonderful privilege of working at the Space and Rocket Center. (Mind you not that working there was a privilege, upper management & corporate sucked, but it was a privilege to work with the historical artifacts, and educating people on them.) The Saturn V hall is a beautiful complex. Absolutely spectacular.

[@robertthomas5906]

If you go to the visitors center in Florida, the tower they used to get to the rocket is mounted on the ground. You can walk through it. Most people have no clue what it is. They just see a tunnel of steel, no idea that's THE very arm they walked through, next stop - the MOON. They also have a mock up of what it was like to be in that rocket. BTW, Everyone that walked on the moon departed from Launch Pad 39A.

[@666deadman1988]

Going back and looking at things like the Apollo Program really makes you appreciate what us human beings can do whenever we put all doubts and fears aside in order to achieve something great. I'd like to think I would've had the ingenuity, determination and courage that those scientists, engineers and astronauts had if I were in their shoes.

[@vaderbase]

The last scene is mind-blowing.

[@ArticulatedHypernova]

And this is why I'm studying aerospace engineering. Anyone else get chills?

[@Oddulrick]

Still amazing.

[@RogalloShaolin]

Just visited the Kennedy Space Center a couple months ago. And went into the building with the Saturn V in it. I've seen it before when it was outside in the Rocket Garden, and remember thinking how depressing to see such a mighty technological giant rusting and degrading in the elements. It was nice to see it restored (Visually at least) to its former glorious condition.

[@StuartDWright]

Hey Thunderf00t! I feel we are kindred spirits! Both fans of the Spitfire and the Mosquito. Beautiful planes.

[@jeffreyfugh7602]

Having a huge amount of energy Is one thing, and being able to release that much energy in a short period of time is another. TNT contains less chemical energy per unit mass compared to glucose, yet glucose is never classified as a controlled substance.

[@uriituw]

One of the best videos in a while.

[@TheHireTheBetter]

If you're ever in Houston, TX, take a tour of the Johnson Space Center. They have a Saturn V laying on its side there. You never have a real sense of just how big it is, until you see it up close.

[@satoterror]

2:23 In 1969 of course let's not get into time and quantum! There's an afternoon tea conversation, quantum physics with Thunderf00t, sweeeetttt as!

[@kellystone84]

Thunderf00t is the coolest youtuber in my opinion. Good vid.

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Something about the bombers though. While they may carry 3 tons of explosives a piece, it's most likely not all in on bomb, but distributed across many bombs. While the fuel weight does put it into perspective, carpet bombings are likely to have far more destructive capability.

[@freddyt55555]

"I don't care if you're the first person to walk on the Moon. I don't like your shirt!"

[@Achonas]

well, i have to say there is a big difference in damage done by one giant bomb going off in a single spot compared to thousands of smaller bombs going off in a large area. the big one will cause massive devestation in the immediate area, flattening everything there, and the damage tapering off with distance, while thousands of small bombs will cause extensive damage over a large area, probably rendering buildings unusable without flattening them

[@CharmingLordSausage]

The Saturn V was truly an awesome vehicle.

[@softthijs3136]

Flying a bom into space... Humanity you never cease to amaze me.

[@bbrennert]

Loved that last statement about Michael. And was that a De Havilland Mosquito on the top shelf too?

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

*It's upsetting in a way* ..I remember Santa bringing me an Airfix model of an Apollo rocket, It's still in the loft at my Mums collecting dust.. , Watching the Apollo missions on our new Black&White TV..ignited my imagination. *Boyhood dreams* , fueled by such events, combined with the promises from visionaries and sci fi writers..of one day being able to travel the stars . *Is there anything for kids of today to aspire and dream of one day doing* .

[@roymcroy4268]

if only we all worked together the possibilities would be endless and thanks for your breakdown

[@patrickkilduff5272]

That last comment was a crazy thought provoking statement. Every person (minus the one taking the picture) was in that picture...unless you don't count the people on the other side of the planet, 'in the picture'.

[@supercopmeetthecop]

thunderf00t would be an awesome science teacher.

[@MrMehawk]

awesome video. thank you thunderf00t!

[@jordanromaker]

Lookin' dapper, Phil.

[@ZZzzzzzWhat]

nowadays an astronaut would be more afraid of wearing a shirt with an holidayish pattern than mounting a giant rocket full of fuel.

[@SheffieldsPark]

I love these videos, Thunderf00t. Science and education FTW! XD

[@superbnns]

That's one big family photo.

[@SawdEndymon]

Okay, I REALLLLLLY WANT THAT MODEL!!!!!

[@Nananki]

That last shot of the Eagle with the Earth in the background is my desktop :)

[@thruthewormhole]

Damn it Collins.

[@SlurponMuhdickKillTheState]

Impressive. On on the modern scale still not much in the way of potential energy. You should do a similar video on the dial-a-yield thermonuclear bomb.

[@Mungobohne1]

The power of the saturn 5 is nothing next to a giant dehumidifier

[@tjpld]

Mankind never built a bigger rocket again.

[@toast1012]

This is so fucking awesome when you put it this way!

[@StanleyHalas]

Thunderf00t, i live in alamogordo NM and have a portion of the Saturn V rocket on display at the "Space Hall Of Fame". Standing next to it truly lets you appreciate how massive it really was.

[@Pekkari6969]

Actually, the B17G could at a short range bombing mission have 3600 kg, = below 400miles 2000kg long range = above 800 miles and overload was 7800kg.

[@iNDREI_Ro]

I would trade seats too. Nice touch at the end with the picture!

[@ravenbh]

@thunderf00t, Do you think we retired the space shuttle to soon? And, Knowing the dangers of the shuttle during the latter years would you be willing to go up in a shuttle if given the opportunity?

[@rocketmentor]

"Except Michael Collins" That's the best part.

[@conatgion]

this was beautiful. "What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?" - Richard Feynman. *****, you are a poet.

[@allgood6760]

Amazing machine the Saturn V! 🚀

[@dnssigns]

What always has amazed me was they were able to pump 40 thousand pounds of fuel per second at lift-off. How do you move 20 tons of anything that fast and in a controlled fashion.

[@seawo0lf]

"let's light this candle" that's so cool