Just What Was the Saturn V Capable of Doing?
NASA chief: Marshall has ‘brightest future’, Huntsville Times
“The Saturn V was a wonderful vehicle, but it could only put something like (200,000 pounds) into low Earth orbit, and that only got two people on the surface of the moon for a few days,” Griffin said.”
Saturn V Facts, National Air & Space Museum
“Payload to orbit: 129,300 kg (285,000 lb); Payload to Moon: 48,500 kg (107,000 lb)”
