What size tanks would that much fuel need?

One second

"It is commonly believed that man will fly directly from the earth to the moon, but to do this, we would require a vehicle of such gigantic proportions that it would prove an economic impossibility. It would have to develop sufficient speed to penetrate the atmosphere and overcome the earth’s gravity and, having traveled all the way to the moon, it must still have enough fuel to land safely and make the return trip to earth." Von Braun

@The Gwench
770,000 liters of liquid kerosene
1,575,000 liters of liquid oxygen
1,250,000 liters of liquid hydrogen
Liters is a measure of volume

So what

@gohan read citizens post

Why are you posting fantasy

I did @The Gwench

Z, you realize that the best Von Braun had to work with was ethanol, right?

“It is commonly believed that man will fly directly from the earth to the moon, but to do this, we would require a vehicle of such gigantic proportions that it would prove an economic impossibility. It would have to develop sufficient speed to penetrate the atmosphere and overcome the earth’s gravity and, having traveled all the way to the moon, it must still have enough fuel to land safely and make the return trip to earth. Furthermore, in order to give the expedition a margin of safety, we would not use one ship alone, but a minimum of three … each rocket ship would be taller than New York’s Empire State Building [almost ¼ mile high] and weigh about ten times the tonnage of the Queen Mary, or some 800,000 tons.”

— Wernher von Braun, the father of the Apollo space program, writing in Conquest of the Moon

The V-2 rocket, his crowning achievement, used ethanol and water as the primary components in its fuel

Take a lesson

You're also quoting the guy who sent the first man-made object into space

I find that ironic

Supposedly sent.

Look at his gravestone

Then why would you trust his quotes?

The dimensions of a Saturn V indicate it could hold roughly 8.7 million liters of internal components. Figure I would toss that into the conversation so Gwench could have an answer.

Psalm 19:1

**Psalm 19:1 - King James Version (KJV)**

```Dust


<1> The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. ```

If the V2 rocket never made it to space, why would you trust his quotes about space travel?

You are just beliving

@Ætos I think Gwench was asking about fuel specifically, so the numbers I gave are the minimums

You know von Braun used Jews in slave tunnels and mines to build the V2?

He was a nazi

You trust nazis?

Yeah, I’m aware, but if the fuel totals out at the ~3.5 million liters, then the rocket can definitely hold it.

*that’s directed towards Gohan, obviously*

I don't trust Nazis, but apparently you do? You're quoting him a lot

The point is Von Braun contradicted himself. Why?

He was a nazi

Want to see who built the v2?

That doesn’t actually make him a liar. . .

Actually it does

Not really, it just makes him a bad person.

You can't have it both ways Z, he can't both be lying about the V2, but telling the truth about the moon

Lordy 🙄