Now that's a rocket!

https://www.space.com/38719-saturn-v-rocket-50th-launch-anniversary.html

Indeed.

I visited the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL many years ago and was able to see one, up close. At the time they had the entire lift system along with the payload (skylab, iirc) laid out horizontally in an outdoor display area. The size alone is amazing to see first hand. It takes several minutes to walk, slowly, from one end to the other and there is room for a family car in each of the five exhaust nacelles.

I've got one in my man cave...

EDIT Make that two...

There's also an awesome display at Kennedy (I've seen a couple of times)...

https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/

50 years.

I saw the Saturn V display at Houston back in the 1980s, when it was outdoors. An impressive vehicle.

And now we have to hitch hike to get off the planet....

I still need the model for my man cave. Should I go cheap, or go big ?

https://www.amazon.com/Daron-Advent...1&sr=8-2&keywords=Saturn+V+model

https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Tamas...1&sr=8-8&keywords=Saturn+V+model

I would go for the middle, in terms of price, and get the Lego version.

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ideas-Apollo-Saturn-Building/dp/B01MUANC80

In my case it would go with my Lego Space Shuttle and Sopwith Camel.

Ive seen parts of one, at jpl houston years ago. It was a derilect outside from what I recall.

Apparently they have since restored it?

https://spacecenter.org/attractions/nasa-tram-tour/saturn-v-at-rocket-park/

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/jsc_grand_opening.html


At the time they had the InternationalSpace Station and the fullscale mockups of modules were on the tour.

However for me, being somewhat of a geek, I was much more interested in the the ancient and huge supercomputer artifacts there I recognized poking around the place. They were not on the tour really or even noted. I realized these were some of the mos important relics actually in the whole complex. Without which none of those explorations would have been possible!

Saturn V. 3000 tons breaking the sound barrier straight up after a minute. How can one not be in awe of such magnificient machinery?

This is a great, great documentary that has made the rounds here a few times, but it is good enough to post again.



"..but we solved it, because engineers can just about do anything."