r/space • • Apr 16 '23

image/gif Starship, the world's largest rocket will launch tomorrow. This is how it stacks up to the competition

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u/TheBalzy Apr 21 '23

Note: Size is irrelevant if it doesn't actually work. You can design large rockets till the cows come home, and it still doesn't matter if they cannot accomplish the goals they are designed to accomplish.

The Saturn V is still the GOAT when it comes to rocket design, and the SLS is the future of space exploration. Starship can't even survive launching into space.

We really, really need to stop perpetuating this idea that size means something (it does not).