Few back in 1969 would have imagined a moon rocket becoming a technosaur within a decade but such was the pace of technological development on one hand, and the slow demise of NASA human space flight on the other. The 111 meter (363 foot) Saturn-V was the largest and most powerful rocket ever flown with the possible exception of the Russian Energia rocket which may have been a bit more powerful. The Russian N-1 had greater liftoff thrust but was only roughly comparable to the Saturn-V due to a measure of rocket propellant efficiency known as Initial Specific Impulse (ISP) of which the Saturn-Vs ISP was greater than the N-1s. The Saturn-V generated 7.5 million lbs liftoff thrust vs the N-1s approx. 11 million lbs. The Saturn-V used , RP-1, a kerosene based fuel and liquid oxygen in stage 1. For stages 2 and 3, high energy cryogenic liquid propellants (Liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen) were burned. The facilities used for Apollo were later modified for use in the shuttle program. Project Apollo commanded NASA budgets of around 2 to 4% of federal spending in the 1960s and the public complained the money could be better spent to help the poor. I could understand the logic but knew the government wasn't going to direct NASA cuts to the poor. Today, people still complain about NASA budgets which is astonishing since the previous draconian cuts didn't do anything to help alleviate social problems since we obviously still have them. Ironically, NASA became one of the few government organizations to shrink, rather than grow as most government agencies tend to do. Lunar conspiracy theorists ask the question "If we went to the moon, why can't we get back there now?" The question obviously ignores the fact NASAs budgets after Apollo plummeted to 1% of fed spending in the 1980s and 90s to the current half a percent fed spending. "No bucks, no Buck Rogers" the old saying goes and it certainly applied here. I built these 3D models of complex 39 facilities which allows a more realistic portrayal of the Saturn-V than my previous pics of older rockets. I built the facilities for a graphics contract I had in the late 1990s while working at Kennedy Space center as a tech and later a QA inspector. The cars are various free website finds except for the 73 Nova (Far right) by Schurby. Sky rendered in Terragen.