CNN... Space idiots!

[Alpha_Geek]

Graphic under the Ares-I images

"WORLD'S LARGEST ROCKET DELAYED AGAIN"

Umm... it's some 40-ish feet short of a Saturn V, and has nowhere near the payload capacity.

 

[Squiggy]

Oh, how I miss Miles.

 

[Mysterion]

Oh, how I miss Miles.

And John Holliman.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Graphic under the Ares-I images

"WORLD'S LARGEST ROCKET DELAYED AGAIN"

Umm... it's some 40-ish feet short of a Saturn V, and has nowhere near the payload capacity.

Do we still launch Saturn Vs?

 

[Squiggy]

No.

 

[Lindley]

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason for that? The Saturn V seemed like a pretty solid system.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

No.

Well then, what rocket is larger than this one?

 

[Bluesteel]

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason for that? The Saturn V seemed like a pretty solid system.

Expensive. WAY Expensive. Makes the Shuttle look like a bus ride.

 

[Trekker4747]

No.

Well then, what rocket is larger than this one?

The Saturn V.

 

[Meredith]

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason for that? The Saturn V seemed like a pretty solid system.

Expensive. WAY Expensive. Makes the Shuttle look like a bus ride.

Not that expensive if they mass produced the things near the launch site....

 

[Samurai8472]

Oh, how I miss Miles.

I personally thought Miles Obrien talked down to people so much that it was sort of insulting.

 

[SilentP]

No.

Well then, what rocket is larger than this one?

The Saturn V.

i think the unspoken assumption is what rocket in service in bigger than this one.

 

[sojourner]

Lets see, shuttle, Ariane 5, Progress?

Tallest? yes, maybe. Largest? no. most powerful? hell no.

The first stage is a single shuttle SRB.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Oh, how I miss Miles.

He was a good stand-in for Walter.

 

[Mr. B]

The Saturn V is still the most powerful machine ever built by man. It shouldn't be news to anyone, certainly not CNN... even the flunkies in the graphics dept.

 

[StarryEyed]

The Saturn V is still the most powerful machine ever built by man. It shouldn't be news to anyone, certainly not CNN... even the flunkies in the graphics dept.

Actually, wasn't the Russian Energia more powerful?

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Actually, wasn't the Russian Energia more powerful?

Nope.

Energia
Payload to LEO 88,000 kg (193,600 lb)

Saturn V
Payload to LEO 118,800 kg (262,000 lb)

 

[Lindley]

According to Wikipedia, the Energia had more powerful thrust on liftoff, but fell short in other areas.

 

[Trekker4747]

According to Wikipedia, the Energia had more powerful thrust on liftoff, but fell short in other areas.

And any girl who tells you that none of that matters is lying.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Altogether now:

"A thing's a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide..."

to the tune of the battle hymn of the republic.

World's largest firework delayed again would be more accurate.