The turbopumps on the Saturn V first stage make about the same power as an aircraft carrier, over 200MW. Civilian electric power plants that make this much powe

The turbopumps on the Saturn V first stage make about the same power as an aircraft carrier, over 200MW. Civilian electric power plants that make this much power are called "medium sized" and can power about 100,000 homes. That's not the power output of the rocket (which someone quoted below). That's the power required to move the fuel and oxidizer into the rocket engines. Pumping the same amount of liquid can move a 100,000 ton floating city across the ocean at 40mph.