[JATO]

Cool, but still a midget compared to the Saturn V. We lost a lot of heavy-lift capability when we cut our own throats closing down that program.

That's the bitter truth. It would almost be worth giving the plans of the Saturn V to China and let them knock off a couple hundred copies...

[GarySpFc]

That's the bitter truth. It would almost be worth giving the plans of the Saturn V to China and let them knock off a couple hundred copies...
,br> It's my understanding the Russian rockets are larger than the Saturn 5

[Constantine XIII]

Nah, t'weren't cost effective. It's how the libs managed to kill the moon program in the first place. "Save those billions money for the CHILDREN!" ><

If we're going to get stuff to the moon in large quantities, we have to find something better than chemical rockets.

[Moonman62]

That's the bitter truth. It would almost be worth giving the plans of the Saturn V to China and let them knock off a couple hundred copies...

The answer is in your post. As long as we have the knowledge, we don't need to waste money building it. In fact, we have the knowledge to build an even better rocket than the Saturn V. What we lack is a viable reason to use it.