{"id":4625,"date":"2013-10-15T00:05:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T07:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2013-10-14T19:52:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T02:52:05","slug":"4625","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2013\/10\/15\/4625\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets to Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SizesSpaceShips.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SizesSpaceShips-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"SizesSpaceShips\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4626\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SizesSpaceShips-1024x668.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SizesSpaceShips-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had been wanting to compare the sizes of some of the various rockets that seem important to me.  When I failed to find anything that satisfied me, I decided to create my own chart.  I took images of the various rockets that interested me and tried to adjust them so that they matched one another on the same scale.  I don&#8217;t think I was precise, but I do think I came close.<\/p>\n<p>For those who might not recognize the DCX Delta Clipper, it flew a total of 12 times between August, 1993 and July 1996.  It was built by McDonnal Douglas and was designed to test the possibility of creating a single stage to orbit rocket.  It took off and landed vertically, just like today&#8217;s SpaceX Grasshopper.  In fact, the DCX flew higher, further, and longer than Grasshopper, though obviously Grasshopper is considerably larger (39 feet tall for DCX versus 106 feet tall for the SpaceX Grasshopper).<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video from The Learning Channel:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JzXcTFfV3Ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The sizes of the rockets shown above:<\/p>\n<p>Space Shuttle &#8211; 184.2 feet tall<br \/>\nFalcon 9      &#8211; 180 feet tall<br \/>\nFalcon 9-R    &#8211; 224 feet tall<br \/>\nGrasshopper   &#8211; 106 feet tall<br \/>\nDCX Delta Clipper &#8211; 39 feet tall<br \/>\nMercury Atlas &#8211; 94.3 feet tall<br \/>\nGemini Titan II &#8211; 109 feet tall<br \/>\nSaturn V &#8211; 363 feet tall<br \/>\nSoyuz &#8211; 162.4 feet tall<br \/>\nDelta IV Heavy 203 feet tall<\/p>\n<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img src=\"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-15.png\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had been wanting to compare the sizes of some of the various rockets that seem important to me. When I failed to find anything that satisfied me, I decided to create my own chart. I took images of the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2013\/10\/15\/4625\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[23,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4625"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4629,"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions\/4629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}