NASA's Saturn 5 rocket was the pinnacle
of Technology during the Apollo era more
than 40 years after its final flight
it's still the world's most powerful
rocket but that's finally about to
change
NASA SpaceX and Blue Origin are
developing their most impressive rockets
yet
here's how America's monster Rockets of
the future measure up to NASA's moon
rocket at peak performance the Saturn 5
could lift 310 thousand pounds to orbit
that's equivalent to the weight of 33
African elephants some of these payloads
are subject to change but here's an
estimate of how much each rocket can
carry to space the Falcon Heavy will be
the first rocket since saturn v capable
of sending humans to the moon though it
won't be quite as powerful blue origins
new Glen rocket will compete with SpaceX
for commercial satellite launches but
the real monsters of the group are
NASA's Space Launch System and SpaceX is
big Falcon rocket both will out power
the saturn v and are designed to
eventually launch humans to mars now
let's check out the true test of a
rockets power its thrust the saturn v
generated 7.6 million pounds of thrust
at liftoff that's equivalent to the same
propulsive power as 42 Boeing 747s
before the decade is up we can expect to
see at least a couple of these Rockets
roar to life for the first time SpaceX's
Falcon Heavy is scheduled for its maiden
voyage in early 2018
NASA's SLS will likely take flight two
years later in June 2020 and we can hope
to see new Glen launch by 2020
the era of monster Rockets is fast
approaching can you hear the engines yet
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