Why Has No Rocket Surpassed Saturn V? Despite advances in technology, no rocket has matched Saturn V’s power and size. But why? Was it too expensive? Too complex? Or was it simply perfect for its time ...

This ratio is the limiting factor. It's the mass of the rockets fully fueled over the mass of it when it was empty. During the Apollo program, the Saturn V rocket had a mass ratio of 23.

Thirty-three Raptor engines propelled the 404-foot-tall (123.1-meter) rocket through a clear afternoon sky with more than twice the power of NASA's Saturn V rocket, the workhorse of the Apollo ...

To put that in perspective, the Saturn V rockets that launched the Apollo missions could only carry 50 tons to the moon. "In order to have a sustained economy around the moon, I think we need a ...

So was born “Project Icarus.” The students created a plan to launch six Saturn V rockets, each carrying a 100-megaton nuclear warhead, at the asteroid. The warheads would detonate near the ...

That's about 16 James Webb Space Telescopes, or about one quarter of the space station. To put that in perspective, the Saturn V rockets that launched the Apollo missions could only carry 50 tons to ...