The Saturn V is the largest, heaviest, and most
powerful rocket Homo sapiens have ever manufactured. In 13 missions, it took 24
astronauts outside earth's orbit, counting all 12 who ever set foot on the
moon, without a single loss of life. Watch in awe as its whole career launches
before you. Once again, it's the audio in this mashup that develops my
heart racing. News legend Walter Cronkite, covering the first unmanned Saturn V
test launch in November 1967, can hardly contain his unstable excitement as the
rocket takes flight; the launch was powerful enough to knock down ceiling tiles
and closely blow out the blast window in his observation room three miles
away.
"The roar is terrific!" he screams, 120db
of noise and anger swirling around him. 46 years later, it still is.
