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The Saturn V, fully loaded with fuel and payload, had 2.8 million kilograms of mass.

On Earth, then, standing on the pad before launch, it weighed 6.173 million pounds,

which is the same thing as 27.46 million newtons. Any force greater than that, even

one ounce or one newton greater, would have lifted it off.

The Saturn V's engines produced 34.02 million newtons of thrust, which was enough

to not only lift it off of the ground, but produce considerable acceleration besides.

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