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A full up Saturn V with LEM and the works looks a lot more complex and capable than a 60% improvement on a V2.
by simonh 5y ago
A full up Saturn V with LEM and the works looks a lot more complex and capable than a 60% improvement on a V2.
- HelloNurse 5y agoBut the additional complexity is mostly designing a suite of vehicles, not general rocketry advances.
- geocrasher 5y agoIncorrect. Orbital mechanics were not a part of the V2 era programs because they were sub-orbital with relatively simple parabolic trajectories. Getting a capsule back from LEO was not something that had been worked out mathematically until later.
- hoseja 5y agoV2 does NOT go into orbit.
- simonh 5y agoYet another reason why the comment I'm replying to was incorrect, thanks.
- crubier 5y agoNo, it’s actually the opposite. Re read. If you compare an actually LEO capable vehicle and a moon lander of the same payload, you’ll see that the difference is not that big. Saturn had a massive payload, hence the gap in difficulty. But my point anyway was that Saturn V is not 1000x larger than a soyouz, despite the moon being 1000x further away. Distance is not what counts in space.