tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post1915200037275077742..comments2024-03-29T06:09:48.207-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: The SpaceX rocket is much bigger than I thoughtc w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-27328468128177640872017-01-18T04:01:00.528-08:002017-01-18T04:01:00.528-08:00Interestingly, both the Saturn V and the Falcon 9 ...Interestingly, both the Saturn V and the Falcon 9 use Kerosene and liquid O2. The Merlin engine on the Falcon 9 has a specific impulse only slightly better than the mighty F1 engine on the Saturn V. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-20489230101368033882017-01-17T23:35:55.458-08:002017-01-17T23:35:55.458-08:00The Falcon 9 is 230 feet tall (both stages togethe...The Falcon 9 is 230 feet tall (both stages together) and 12 feet diameter (the payload faring is over 17 feet in diameter and can hold a full sized school bus.)<br /><br />Capable of 50k lbs LEO, 18k lbs GTO, and 8.8k lbs to MARS!!!<br /><br />Falcon Heavy is 3 Falcon9 cores hooked together. 30k lbs to Mars, over 6k lbs to PLUTO!!!!!!<br /><br />NASA might have had something comparable ready in the next 5 years if the soon to be not-president hadn't killed the Constellation program (a series of rockets with common parts designed for a relatively (for NASA) fast production and launch.)<br /><br />They are big rockets, capable of delivering Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-19964169630679969632017-01-17T20:42:59.720-08:002017-01-17T20:42:59.720-08:00I was also of the opinion that it was much smaller...I was also of the opinion that it was much smaller than it is. Nice seeing it in contextGlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513488399213190040noreply@blogger.com