▲ | briandw 5 days ago | |||||||
A starship mission to the moon will land over 100tons of cargo. Saturn V could get roughly 5tons to the surface. Its an entirely different class of operation. | ||||||||
▲ | thesmart 5 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
That's LEO, not to lunar orbit and entry. Saturn V had a maximum lift capacity of 310,000 lb (140,000 kg) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and could deliver approximately 50 tons (45,000 kg) of payload to the Moon. | ||||||||
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