The first launch of the Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center. This is footage from CBS News with Walter Cronkite. This is the famous video of him exclaiming about the roar and "the ceiling is fall down".
@helljumpr5150 Using the Saturn V, there is a pretty good chance we'd actually have saved money, or at least spent the same amount. One Saturn V launch was the equivalent of 4 to 6 shuttle launches, so the cost of building another one would've eventually been equivalent to the shuttle maintenance. Not to mention, we'd still have the capability to travel beyond LEO. IMO, discarding the Saturn V like a piece of garbage was the stupidest long-term mistake the U.S. has ever made.
@zargone9 I agree, but the real truth is that the Saturn V could have been used to accomplish the equivalent of 3 or 4 shuttle missions. Not only does it carry the record for the largest LEO payload, but it could take humans beyond just earth orbit, which the shuttle couldn't. I sure as hell hope the SLS isn't trashed...we handicapped ourselves with the Space Act...it may prevent the necessary giant rockets required to send humans to Mars and other celestial bodies from being built.
@crinoid1919 Not to mention one of the largest, tallest, and heaviest.
jetfreak4 29 minutes ago
@Stuyoung38 Yep. They should have at least made the shuttle capable of deep space travel.
jetfreak4 33 minutes ago
@helljumpr5150 Using the Saturn V, there is a pretty good chance we'd actually have saved money, or at least spent the same amount. One Saturn V launch was the equivalent of 4 to 6 shuttle launches, so the cost of building another one would've eventually been equivalent to the shuttle maintenance. Not to mention, we'd still have the capability to travel beyond LEO. IMO, discarding the Saturn V like a piece of garbage was the stupidest long-term mistake the U.S. has ever made.
jetfreak4 35 minutes ago
@zargone9 I agree, but the real truth is that the Saturn V could have been used to accomplish the equivalent of 3 or 4 shuttle missions. Not only does it carry the record for the largest LEO payload, but it could take humans beyond just earth orbit, which the shuttle couldn't. I sure as hell hope the SLS isn't trashed...we handicapped ourselves with the Space Act...it may prevent the necessary giant rockets required to send humans to Mars and other celestial bodies from being built.
jetfreak4 39 minutes ago
@jetfreak4 very well said my friend
MightySaturn5 6 hours ago
you are looking at the most powerful non-explosive thing ever built
crinoid1919 10 hours ago 2
wow. the cameras couldn't even handle it.
SunFlightx 18 hours ago
USA!!!!
64wing 1 day ago
@Scottrchrdsn Oh yes, how silly of me.
We still have maybe another year or two before a global collapse, at which point we're all fucked anyway unless we're Russian or Chinese.
Ferrariman601 4 days ago
@Ferrariman601 America is not over yet.
Scottrchrdsn 4 days ago