All this time and effort and money, and we still have a launch system that is less capable than the Saturn V. Payload to LEO: from 95 tons (Block 1) to 130 ton

All this time and effort and money, and we still have a launch system that is less capable than the Saturn V. Payload to LEO: from 95 tons (Block 1) to 130 tons (Block 2) for SLS; 140 tons for Saturn V. Payload to TLI: from 27 tons (Block 1) to 43 (Block 2 Crew) tons for SLS; 43.5 tons for Saturn V. (Block 2 Cargo does just edge out Saturn V for payload to TLI at 46 tons, but that's cargo only, no crew.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V