Apollo Saturn V vs the SpaceX Falcon Heavy - YouTube.
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The Saturn V was the NASA rocket that launched humans to the moon.
The Falcon Heavy is similar in conformation to the Delta 4 Heavy, which is the only rocket currently in service that is fair to compare to the Falcon Heavy. The “Heavy” will consist of three Falcon 9 stages strapped together (two side stages and a core stage which has a small upper stage and payload with fairing). The Falcon stages are stretched and the nine Merlin engines on each will be.
Millions of people watched on Tuesday as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket since Saturn V, launched out of the atmosphere, delivered a Tesla Roadster into space, and then, in.
What really sets SpaceX’s latest rocket apart from the others is the fact that it manages to do all that with only two stages (The Saturn V used 3) and the fact that unlike the Saturn V, the first stage which does most of the heavy lifting is fully reusable. Each of the two side boosters of the Falcon Heavy are actually Falcon 9 rocket cores. The two used for the test flight were not.
Only the Apollo-era Saturn V rockets were capable of lofting heavier cargo, with a maximum payload of 140 tonnes. Then again, the Saturn V is no longer used, leaving the Falcon Heavy on top.
Mass is static. Weight depends on factors like gravity and should be expressed in force, not mass. Example: A person that weight 80KG (mass), weighs differently (weight) on different parts of the.