SLS vs. Saturn V, a real time comparison. Saw a comparison yesterday using my video on the left at 50% speed. Here's a proper comparison with both rockets launching at their real speeds. You'll notice SLS is significantly faster off the pad because of the dual massive SRBs!

@cosmictylxr saturn v is aura farming with how slow it's lifting off

@cosmictylxr

SLS is FAST

Would you say it goes...nyoom?😏

NYYYYYOOOOOM

Saturn V remains the most beautiful rocket ever made

More of a shuttle guy myself but they are pretty close for me!

@Bardamux75 How can you be a shuttle-guy - this thing achieved nothing

@Bardamux75

That’s correct, and the shuttle was the same way. It was often described as “leaping” off the pad, compared with the Saturn V. I still think the Saturn V is more majestic, but that’s just me.

The Saturn V is definitely a tough act to follow. An aesthetic masterpiece on top of being a marvel.

@jedi_medic it was massively overengineered according to the aerospace guys I’ve talked to at SpaceX - same with SLS; good for a few short term missions but not maintaining long term space supremacy

@nyoomtm Considering the times, I'd say that the Saturn V was engineered just right. Its 100% successful launch record speaks for itself. Massively over engineered? Perhaps, but given its mission, I'd have to say it was worth it.

Full horizontal video of liftoff is my pinned tweet! Way cooler than the cropped in version!

…and especially due to 50 plus years of technological advances

Really wish I had been able to see the Saturn.

Me too. Even a shuttle would have been nice.

LOL

One could deliver a lander to the moon, the other can’t 🤷🏻‍♂️

They both do/did what they were respectively designed to

That’s the problem. One was designed for its purpose, the other under purposed.

@nyoomtm You do know there were several launches of then Saturn V that didn’t have a lunar lander module, right? The inverse of that is true here. This one will when that is part of the mission.

@nyoomtm Not flying directly but with orbital refueling. As for the Saturn V launches with no lander, they were trials towards it as main goal.

For me the Saturn 5 will always be the coolest rocket.

Now compare the SLS to Starship

When I have a high quality video of starship of my own I will be sure to do so!

@ConservFurry99 The Saturn V has a larger cool factor.

STS REALLY leapt off the pad:

Only the coolest shit ever

When my oldest son was maybe 8 - 10 we visited NASA and an astronaut giving a kids tour asked if anyone knew why the main shuttle rocket was orange not white. To the astronaut’s and our surprise he raised his hand and gave the right answer!

Yet SLS doesn't have Saturn's lift capacity Orion is so heavy that SLS can't lift it and a lander Which is what you get when you allow Congress to stick its nose into designing a lift vehicle NASA has 595 problems and they're all at First St SE, Washington, DC 2000

@ThePrimalDino Solid video.

@ThePrimalDino If you're referring to mine, thanks! It's super cropped in. Full horizontal is my pinned tweet.

The SLS is faster off the pad not because of its dual SRBs, but it's less efficient use of energy. Saturn V's 3 stage design can carry a heavier payload to orbit. Its higher efficiency shows up as slower off pad speed.

Never thought of this before. In my head canon they just had the same thrust lol

They have very interesting distinctions!

Saturn V still mogs SLS.

So lazy it's the same fucken rocket with boosters added wtf!

crazy when you realise that launch tower is exactly the same.

What is the Artemis 3 configuration going to look like? Will it be bigger to fit the extra modules for moon landing, extraction from moon, docking and return to earth?

As of now Artemis III is no longer a landing mission. Instead, it is a low Earth orbit docking test with one or both of the prototype landers being developed by Blue Origin and SpaceX respectively. Artemis III was originally a landing mission slated for 2028, but with the new mission profile it is targeting mid 2027, with Artemis IV and V potentially happening in 2028. SLS will look mostly the same, but the top of the rocket will be a bit different as it will use ULA's Centaur V as an upper stage rather than the ICPS used on Artemis II.

@RJR364235493902 They haven’t decided on the type of orbit yet. Jared mentioned they are considering a high earth orbit for Artemis III

@RJR364235493902 Oh cool. Artemis III will be a docking demo in some orbit

Smoke of SLS is far massive than SaternV. What was burnt for SLS, not chelothine??

@Haruhi40_tech SLS uses 2 solid rocket boosters on the side, which create tons of smokey exhaust. The Saturn V was all liquid fuel

The Saturn 5 liftoff was truly majestic!

Can you make this again with SLS and the upcoming starship launch?

Yeah if I make it out for flight 12 I would be happy to!

I’ve seeen the Apollo launch. It is much more graceful off the pad. The shuttle and the SLS have those solid rocket boosters and leap off the pad. I like the Apollo best for shear beauty and power.

SLS is a political Frankenstein of old tech parts collected from all over the country, stitched together by team DEI at Boeing.

Clearly the Shuttle and SLS astronauts survive this, but what are the G-force comparison between the two?

Probably relatively similar. The shuttle’s thrust to weight ratio is only slightly more than SLS, so I’d imagine the acceleration it experienced wasn’t too far off of what we see with SLS.

The Saturn V still looks more elegant.

THRUST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whoa sls clears the pad way faster, those srbs are beasts

WOW! I was wondering a few days back that a video comparing the biggest rockets would be AWESOME! Thanks for posting! Factor myriad dimensions involved, comparing the launches of ALL in history of the various vehicles simultaneously would be high-impact video, no?

I’d like to do that, but with my own footage for all of the modern rockets. As of now I am missing ULA’s Atlas/Vulcan and SpaceX’s starship.

PINKSLIPS!!!

Did you account for the difference in mass?