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Re: [GMCnet] Way off topic: Largest rocket to ever be launched. [message #328915 is a reply to message #328912]

Wed, 07 February 2018 08:03

Matt Colie

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Ronald Pottol wrote on Wed, 07 February 2018 08:18

I thought Saturn V was about 7.5m pounds of thrust vs about 5 for the
Falcon Heavy. And a bigger payload to orbit, but not by a whole bunch.

If you read the actual news releases, SpaceX said it was the largest launch SINCE the Saturn 5B for the later Apollo missions.

Matt

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		Re: [GMCnet] Way off topic: Largest rocket to ever be launched. By: Keith V on Tue, 06 February 2018 15:18
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