what is your fav real life rocket??

[TheGuyNamedAlan]

as the title suggest..

mine is the falcon 9 & the falcon heavy.

what are your opinion on this

plz dont accuses other people who like rockets you dont like

[MaxxQ]

Already a thread for this but since you asked...

 

[legoclone09]

@tylerraiz's Duran rocket, of course!

 

In seriousness, I like the Soyuz. It's awesome!

[Gaarst]

Vega (cutest rocket ever) and Energia (for what it might have been)

[razark]

The M1 and derivatives:

[CAKE99]

3 hours ago, razark said:

The M1 and derivatives:

 

My favorite is the Delta IV Heavy, because of the fireball when it launches.

[Brownie352]

The most kerbalistic rocket : N1 i mean..LOOK AT THOOSE FIREWORKS !! 

[DrLicor]

I really like the new designs of SpaceX. 

http://www.space.com/34219-spacex-mars-spaceship-solar-system-exploration.html

[Ultimate Steve]

The SpaceX ITS looks really cool, but it's not a thing yet. YET.

The Saturn V was awesome, but it is a bit old...

Shuttle? Coolest looking thing ever built, and useful to a certain extent. Shame it was a billion dollars a launch.

SLS? Again, doesn't exist yet. Looks awesome, but way over budget and will only be useful until the ITS flies.

N1? Most Kerbal. Would have been awesome it if had worked first try. Then the space race would have been prolonged and we'd be on Mars by now.

Falcon 9? Yeah! Probably the coolest thing that's happened to me in my entire life, seeing that thing land live!

Although, I think I might have to go with this:

What can I say? I'm a model rocketry nerd.

[kerbiloid]

Asymmetric supernova explosion

Spoiler

 

[septemberWaves]

Aesthetically I really like the Soyuz rockets. But in general, I think my favourite is the Falcon 9.

[SR]

Definitely the ITS.

Mainly because its big and cheap.

And I want to go to Mars

[legoclone09]

6 hours ago, SR said:

cheap

"cheap"

[Gaarst]

The thread mentions "real life rocket"; I hereby suggest Elon Musk's delusional hallucination (a.k.a. ITS) to be banned from this thread.

[Andem]

The R-7.

 

[Bill Phil]

Delta II. Flew for decades. Reliable. One of the cheaper launch systems that was available. Derived from a late 50s missile crash program.

[Guest]

The Soyuz and R-7 family. If fhere was ever a "Toyota Pickup" of launch vehicles, that would be it. The elegance of its design and the ingenuity, and simplicity of its engineering are incredible. Its reliability ensures we'll be flying it or a variant for a very long time to come.

[Fdkhio]

I hate how many ppl forgot the soviet rockets and achievements just because they lost the space race. There aren't many mods for the USSR space program too. 

[Firemetal]

Ugh, I don't know. I would like to say an Atlas V but I like them all!  

Fire

[MaxxQ]

18 hours ago, Fdkhio said:

I hate how many ppl forgot the soviet rockets and achievements just because they lost the space race. There aren't many mods for the USSR space program too. 

Nobody forgot them.  Just those that haven't mentioned them have other rockets they like better.  Why is that something to hate?  I also very much doubt it has anything to do with "losing the space race".  After all, which space program still has active manned missions going on?  Certainly not NASA, except where we have a couple guys going up on Russian rockets.

Maybe I should say that I hate how everyone forgot the Little Joe II because it's not a "real" rocket, that doesn't even get to space, let alone orbit?  Just because Soviet Russian rockets are your favorite doesn't mean everyone else has to like, or even remember, them.

[Gaarst]

19 hours ago, Fdkhio said:

I hate how many ppl forgot the soviet rockets and achievements just because they lost the space race. There aren't many mods for the USSR space program too. 

Lol really? I just counted: there are 7 US rockets, 5 Soviet rockets (and 1 other). No one forgets about the Soviet rockets.

[Fdkhio]

ok geez sorry guys

 

[nobodyhasthis2]

A rocket that goes Bwoop! Plus it does not hide the launch in a cloud of smoke so you can watch it leave the pad.