rocketguy101
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Sometimes it still really hits me the sheer scale of the Apollo Saturn V compared to the earlier rockets the US had launched. I noticed my scratch scale Mercury Atlas is about the same scale as the Estes 1/45th scale Apollo Little Joe II. I put full scale CAD models side-by-side and sure enough the LJII is nearly as big as the Mercury Atlas! Somewhere, somebody pointed out the Gemini capsule could fit inside one of the F-1 engine bells...again using CAD I found that is true! No wonder the astros were in awe as they walked up to the Saturn V before climbing on board...