The Saturn V did not cruise to the Moon at a single speed, it accelerated through distinct phases, briefly peaking at a ...

That's roughly equivalent to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), and not far from what SpaceX promises with Starship, but it'll do it at a fraction of the cost of NASA's system, and possibly far sooner ...

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