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The Saturn V was designed to place the Apollo space vehicle on a trajectory to get to the moon. This required a very large amount of fuels and oxidizers be carried for the engines, This required very very big fuel and oxidizer tanks inside each stage, making the Saturn V the biggest rocket ever built.
Note: Wernher von Braun's original 1950s plans for a moon landing did not require such a big rocket, as a space station would be used as an intermediate staging area. However when NASA took Kennedy's challenge to reach the moon "by the end of the decade" they abandoned his plan (developing the planned space station would take most of a decade itself) and decided to use a direct one step trajectory to the moon, which needed the very big Saturn V. The development of a space station would be postponed until after the moon missions were over.
Currently work is beginning on rockets usable for missions to Mars. They will likely be even bigger than the Saturn V, as even though we do now have a space station it is designed as a scientific research lab not as an intermediate staging area for moon or Mars missions (which would require the space station to have large fuel and oxidizer storage tanks, so it could act as a "filling station" for long range space vehicles before leaving earth orbit, as Wernher von Braun had originally planned the moon landings).
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Why was the Saturn v rocket called the Saturn v rocket?
It was the fifth rocket in the Saturn-class, named after the planet Saturn, or the Mythological god Saturn.
What part of the Saturn V rocket was reusable?
No part of the Saturn V rocket was reusable.
How big was the Saturn V rocket?
The Saturn V rocket was 110.6 m (363 ft) high.It had a maximum diameter of 10.1 m (33 ft).It weighed 3,038,500 kg (6,699,000 lb).
Who invented the V Saturn Rocket?
The Saturn 5 rocket was invented by N.A.S.A.
Who invented Saturn V?
The success of the Saturn V rocket was largely due to its design under the direction of Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph, German rocket scientists, who previous created the V-2 rocket. The Saturn V and Mercury-Redstone rocket programs were competing to make the trip to the Moon and the Saturn V rocket ultimately won.
Why was the Saturn v rocket called the Saturn v rocket?
It was the fifth rocket in the Saturn-class, named after the planet Saturn, or the Mythological god Saturn.
What part of the Saturn V rocket was reusable?
No part of the Saturn V rocket was reusable.
How big was the Saturn V rocket?
The Saturn V rocket was 110.6 m (363 ft) high.It had a maximum diameter of 10.1 m (33 ft).It weighed 3,038,500 kg (6,699,000 lb).
Who invented the V Saturn Rocket?
The Saturn 5 rocket was invented by N.A.S.A.
Who invented Saturn V?
The success of the Saturn V rocket was largely due to its design under the direction of Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph, German rocket scientists, who previous created the V-2 rocket. The Saturn V and Mercury-Redstone rocket programs were competing to make the trip to the Moon and the Saturn V rocket ultimately won.
How much pressure did the Saturn V rocket exert?
5 Million Newtons was the pressure exerted by Saturn v rocket
What is the largest rocket?
Saturn V
What rocket that is the largest rocket ever built?
Saturn V
When did Saturn V rocket land on the moon?
saturn v did not land the moon but was the luna module
Is the Saturn v and Apollo 11 the same rocket?
At launch yes, the Apollo 11 capsule/mission was launched on a Saturn V rocket.
What is the size of the Saturn v rocket at launch?
The Saturn 5 rocket stood 365 ft tall.
What is the Height of the Saturn V Rockets?
The Saturn V rocket stood 363 feet tall.
