Whats your favourite rocket?

[Tristonwilson12]

[quote name='Legendary Emu']I like the H-11A. Mostly because it's not white.
[url]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/H_IIA_No._F23_with_GPM_on_its_way_to_the_launchpad.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]

look at the scale!!! the boosters and the people

[davidy12]

SATURN V All the way!!! It's still just mind blowing to me that such power exists in a rocket and I'm still even more amazed that we got to the moon with such a vehicle.

[Kerbal01]

Falcon 9 1.1 and FT
thor Agena
atlas v 541
soyuz ST
and dead last, Saturn V, specifically SA-503.

[MajorLeaugeRocketScience]

The only obvious one.

[SIZE=5][FONT=arial black]Falcon XX
[/FONT][/SIZE][IMG]http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=22395.0;attach=241269;image[/IMG]

[Pipcard]

[quote name='Legendary Emu']I like the H-11A. Mostly because it's not white.[/QUOTE]
It's H-IIA. (Roman numeral for 2)

And the core stage is not white because it is unpainted insulation for the liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen propellant (like Delta IV, Space Shuttle)

However, the [URL="http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/h2a/upgrade.html"]upgraded H-IIA[/URL] (which will actually [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZo7RTSBXY"]launch in a few hours from now[/URL]) will have its second stage painted white to protect the liquid hydrogen from boiling off.

[FishInferno]

Falcon 9. Because Falcon 9. Your argument is therefore invalid.

[SIZE=1]Soon to be replaced by BFR/MCT[/SIZE]

[SidusBrist]

My favorite is definitely the Ariane V, it looks so... perfect! *-*

[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ariane_5_(mock-up).jpg/270px-Ariane_5_(mock-up).jpg[/IMG]

Oh, I'm... new here. I love KSP and I love space. :3

[Hcube]

[quote name='SidusBrist']My favorite is definitely the Ariane V, it looks so... perfect! *-*

[url]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ariane_5_(mock-up).jpg/270px-Ariane_5_(mock-up).jpg[/url]

Oh, I'm... new here. I love KSP and I love space. :3[/QUOTE]

This picture is not a rocket though. (It's a pretty cool museum)

Agreed that Ariane 5 is the best one :)

[Ten Key]

I'm going to have to go with the Atlas D. I love the polished metal skin, the way it frosts up when fueled, the little vernier motors on the side. I think its appearance, and the "stage and a half" engine arrangement, make it a fairly unique rocket.

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2015 by Ten Key
Fixed embedded images.

[Guest]

I agree about the Atlas V, but I really like the new SLS.

[Hysterrics]

Agh, I can't disagree with all the Falcon love.

[Legendary Emu]

[quote name='Sequinox']Agh, I can't disagree with all the Falcon love.[/QUOTE]

Be careful. Falcon 9 love leads to SpaceX love and SpaceX love leads to SpaceX elitism and no one likes elitism :P

[Hysterrics]

[quote name='Legendary Emu']Be careful. Falcon 9 love leads to SpaceX love and SpaceX love leads to SpaceX elitism and no one likes elitism :P[/QUOTE]

I loved SpaceX since I heard of it first. I'm no elitist though. I love the United Launch Alliance too.

[mythic_fci]

I'd have to say I like the Delta IV series of rockets the most. It just feels like it should be launching humans into space (and it should! A D-IV Heavy sent a boilerplate Orion around the moon; why can't a D-IV with 4 GEM-90s send Orion ot the ISS?).

[Randox]

I'm definitely part of the Saturn V fan club. And perhaps it's just me, but I think the Saturn V design is positively gorgeous on an aesthetic level, as well as functional.

[Delta_8930]

Hmm. I really have a lot of favorite rockets. I'll give you guys a list of my top 5:

1. Delta II/III

2. Delta IV

3. Falcon 9

4. Taurus XL

5. CZ-6 (Long March 6)

Edited December 1, 2015 by Delta_8930

[Gojira1000]

Because, well, look at its crews

Edited December 2, 2015 by Gojira1000

[Jeb-head-mug kerman]

 Mine are:

N1 L3,Space x falcon 9 heavy,Ariane 5,Proton K, Soyuz.

[WinkAllKerb'']

nice thread, lot of great pics, decal version my fav. rock E.T. ,):

 

Edited May 22, 2016 by WinkAllKerb''

[Jeb1969]

The Diamant A, manufactured in France in the mid-1960s, in 1965 it launched Astérix which was the first french satellite, the satellite was named after a popular French comic character.

 

Black Arrow manufactured in the United Kingdom I have always liked the name it sounds really stealthy and like something out of a medieval legend, that and it looks like a giant bullet. Designed in the late sixties, Black Arrow was best known for launching the British satellite Prospero in 1971. Prospero was named for a character in William Shakespeare's Play The Tempest. 

[Florid Monkey]

On 28/07/2015 at 5:44 AM, Camacha said:

Ah, the infamous first law of Camacha comes into play. It does not matter what the subject is or when the photo is made, as soon there is an image of anything remotely remarkable, people online will cry Photoshop! This is regardless of whether the image is fake or not, or when it was made.

In this case, I consider it more likely that the picture was made with an extremely long lens. This tends to bunch up and flatten subjects that are actually rather spaced out into a compact, often unrealistic group. It is exactly what you would expect to see being used at a rocket launch.

Some images of buildings show this same effect - there barely appear to be any perspective.

That's exactly what I first thought.

[Fluburtur]

Ariane 5 and Soyuz.

(right, Rokker?)

[StrandedonEarth]

This is a tough one. I like the Saturn V for the sheer power and its historic missions. But I also like the Space Shuttle for the (just over half of the) sheer power and unmatched capabilities. 

[p1t1o]

"Rocket" rocket? Sprint missile:

 

Honourable mention, Daedalus:

[MDZhB]

I like the Saturn family of rockets, of course. Most notably the Saturn IB and the Saturn V.