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So the Falcon Heavy can get 13,600 kg to Mars for $90M. By comparison, the Apollo 11 lunar (landing) module was 11,900 kg and the command/service module was 2
by avivo 10y ago
So the Falcon Heavy can get 13,600 kg to Mars for $90M.
By comparison, the Apollo 11 lunar (landing) module was 11,900 kg and the command/service module was 28,800 kg at launch. There were also other components that added at least 6000 kg. (according to some quick Wikipediaing)
So > 46,700 kg total.
- wyattpeak 10y agoYes, the Saturn 5 was a truly ludicrously powerful rocket.
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoA single Rocketdyne F-1 engine from the bottom of the Saturn V had about the same thrust (about 1.5 million lbs.) as the whole first stage of a Falcon 9. And it had 5 of those. A proposed new version of the F-1 would produce even more thrust, 1.8 million lbs.