#without an upper stage or payload or the landing legs and grid fins
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NASA Saturn V rocket with Apollo CSM
#shdhjdhdjd#there have been several attempts at a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) rocket#but it's just not as efficient as having a staged rocket#or even a 'stage-and-a-half' design like Atlas#they have no useful payload#the margins are too tight#they can just about manage to lift themselves into orbit and nothing else#the first stage of a Falcon 9 could probably get to orbit on it's own#without an upper stage or payload or the landing legs and grid fins#but like what would be the point??#NASA#Saturn V#SSTO
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