The shuttle could get 24 tons to orbit, Saturn V could deliver 130 tons. The per launch cost was the same when dividing the overall cost by the number of launc

The shuttle could get 24 tons to orbit, Saturn V could deliver 130 tons. The per launch cost was the same when dividing the overall cost by the number of launches. Saturn V launched 13 times, the shuttle 135 times. There's just no way to rationalize the whole project not being a terrible idea from beginning to end.