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A rocket size comparison video [1] [1] https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1602270207287902209 https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/160227020728790220

by mska 3y ago

A rocket size comparison video [1] [1] https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1602270207287902209 https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1602270207287902209

neals 3y ago
Two big take-aways from this video: - Half the size of the statue of liberty is it's base. Not that tall as a statue. - Seadragon, of which I'd never heard. 1) 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket)
- heliumcraft 3y ago
  For All Mankind scene featuring this rocket :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6YJ5oIcT4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6YJ5oIcT4g
- phpisthebest 3y ago
  I think it is highly unfair to compare concepts to actual built rockets, might as well just include the Enterprise from Star Trek as well at that point.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    sure, why not? i'd be willing to bet that most people don't truly appreciate the size of the Enterprise
  - neals 3y ago
    Why? How big is the enterprise?
    - SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
      > How big is the Enterprise from Star Trek Well, the Enterprise from Star Trek is fiction, so legitimate answers would include "zero actual size" and "as big as they say it is". A true fan would probably reply: "Which one?" An enlightened person might point out that Star Trek fans are very online, all this info and much much more than you wanted to know is just a google away. 640m / 2000 feet, or thereabouts, is also an acceptable answer. But the unbuilt rockets in that animation were somewhat legitimate designs, a few steps from actual working prototypes; therefor those sizes had to be somewhat buildable; whereas the Starship Enterprise is FTL fiction, with warp drives powered by antimatter handwavium.
darknavi 3y ago
I love Sea Dragon so much. I'm so glad For All Man Kind included it.
rootusrootus 3y ago
That's really cool! A nice reminder of just how enormous the Saturn V was, 60 years ago.
gvb 3y ago
The twitter post simply links to a Facebook video which is a link to a YouTube video (Red Side). Use the source, Luke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DHNp7aEviE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DHNp7aEviE
- njarboe 3y ago
  Cool video but it sure would be nice to have the dates when the rockets launched (if they did) and if they have not yet launched. For example Sea Dragon was a 1962 study design; never built. If they are going to have that one they should do the Orion Design (the first one with the nukes).

by mska 3y ago

A rocket size comparison video [1] [1] https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1602270207287902209 https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1602270207287902209

neals 3y ago

Two big take-aways from this video: - Half the size of the statue of liberty is it's base. Not that tall as a statue. - Seadragon, of which I'd never heard. 1) 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket)

heliumcraft 3y ago
For All Mankind scene featuring this rocket :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6YJ5oIcT4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6YJ5oIcT4g
phpisthebest 3y ago
I think it is highly unfair to compare concepts to actual built rockets, might as well just include the Enterprise from Star Trek as well at that point.
- dylan604 3y ago
  sure, why not? i'd be willing to bet that most people don't truly appreciate the size of the Enterprise
- neals 3y ago
  Why? How big is the enterprise?
  - SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
    > How big is the Enterprise from Star Trek Well, the Enterprise from Star Trek is fiction, so legitimate answers would include "zero actual size" and "as big as they say it is". A true fan would probably reply: "Which one?" An enlightened person might point out that Star Trek fans are very online, all this info and much much more than you wanted to know is just a google away. 640m / 2000 feet, or thereabouts, is also an acceptable answer. But the unbuilt rockets in that animation were somewhat legitimate designs, a few steps from actual working prototypes; therefor those sizes had to be somewhat buildable; whereas the Starship Enterprise is FTL fiction, with warp drives powered by antimatter handwavium.

darknavi 3y ago

I love Sea Dragon so much. I'm so glad For All Man Kind included it.

rootusrootus 3y ago

That's really cool! A nice reminder of just how enormous the Saturn V was, 60 years ago.

gvb 3y ago

The twitter post simply links to a Facebook video which is a link to a YouTube video (Red Side). Use the source, Luke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DHNp7aEviE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DHNp7aEviE

njarboe 3y ago
Cool video but it sure would be nice to have the dates when the rockets launched (if they did) and if they have not yet launched. For example Sea Dragon was a 1962 study design; never built. If they are going to have that one they should do the Orion Design (the first one with the nukes).