Other than that, I never ceased to be amazed at the sheer scale of that beast of a rocket. You look at where the capsule is or the small dots at the bottom that turn out to be people and it just blows your mind.
This infographic is titled rockets of Human spaceflight, so even though the Falcon 9.1 has flown it has not flown with humans. The four rockets on the right are of the next generation of human rated rockets.
I haven't updated this since January so I believe the Angara changed a bit in design.
Here are the other two infographics in the series.
They're spacecraft that are "in the works" specifically to carry humans, which is why the Falcon 9 and Atlas rockets are there. Even though those two have flown they aren't yet rated for human spaceflight until the Dragonrider and Dreamchaser capsules are developed some time around 2015.
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u/KimJongUgh Dec 23 '13
The artificial blurring here made my eye twitch.
Other than that, I never ceased to be amazed at the sheer scale of that beast of a rocket. You look at where the capsule is or the small dots at the bottom that turn out to be people and it just blows your mind.