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Re:The Next Moon Landing Is Near, Thanks to Pioneering Engin... by avian on Sunday August 13, 2017 @01:57AM (#15001723)
> Compare the size of the Saturn 5 rocket to get to the moon with the size of the rocket needed to come back.

That is not fair comparisson. Saturn V needed to also lift the rocket that came back.

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Re:The Next Moon Landing Is Near, Thanks to Pioneering Engin... by mkl on Sunday August 13, 2017 @02:45AM (#15001820)
So did the rocket that came back. Quite a bit of mass did get left behind though.
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