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> They were never cheap, but they did operate with incredible speed at that time. Actually, they were good, fast, and pretty cheap. The Saturn V cost per kg wa
by idontwantthis 2y ago
> They were never cheap, but they did operate with incredible speed at that time.
Actually, they were good, fast, and pretty cheap. The Saturn V cost per kg was much something around $5000/kg (compared to Delta IV Heavy at around $12000 kg), and could send a ton more into orbit than anything until Starship. If we'd continued down that development line instead of the insanity of the Shuttle, we'd really be somewhere today.
- _mlbt 2y agoThey also inherited a lot of free R&D from the Nazi V2 rocket program via Wernher Von Braun and several of his collaborators thanks to Operation Paperclip… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip
- idontwantthis 2y agoYes, so? It’s not like that knowledge was forgotten and rediscovered post 1972.