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Apollo Discussions => The Reality of Apollo => Topic started by: BertieSlack on October 04, 2017, 01:25:46 AM
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When someone claims that the Saturn V wasn't powerful enough to do what we all saw it do, I usually ask them how they think Skylab got into orbit. Does anyone know, in terms of lifting capability, which is more impressive:
- putting a moon-capable SIV-B with CSM and LM into a parking orbit of 100 miles altitude
- putting Skylab into an orbit more than twice as high as the Apollo parking altitude without a third stage burn
I've seen Bob Brauenig's excellent Saturn V launch simulation relating to the Apollo 11 mission, but can anyone do a quick comparison of the two scenarios?
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I'm not sure if this is what you are seeking but:
Skylab- 195300 lb (88600 kg) at vel ~7.77 km/s
Apollo stack- 247000lb (112000 kg) at vel 7.8 km/s
Skylab - ~2.67 10^6 J
Apollo - ~3.4 10^6 J
So I would say that Apollo KE was slightly higher than Skylab.