Space craft size comparsion

[Kerbart]

Plus the Saturn V didn't use asparagus staging because it doesn't work as well in real life as it does in KSP

That's because those NASA idiots didn't know jack ### about properly strutting a rocket!

[Kerbart]

What's important to realize is that velocity in LKO is about 13.2 million furlongs per fortnight.

How much is that in Potzrebies?

[segaprophet]

Below is the comparison image for the NASA Saturn V vs. my KSP Mark Twain ship that I used to explore the various planets and moons of the Kerbin system. I measured the height of the Mark Twain in two ways: 1) stack up a bunch of fuel tanks next to it and estimate its size based on the tanks having a diameter of 1.25 meters, and 2) put the rocket on the pad and have a kerbal climb to the top of it, then jump off to measure ground level. The two methods agreed to within 0.4 meters.

Meticulous as always, bro!

[Tommygun]

I think this guy may be about 20 Kerbal tall? So around 60 meters?

I'm not really sure of this one, but possibly 90 meters?

My Icky Russ was in the 100 meters range. The shield is 45 meters.

[Giggleplex777]

And then there's my mini Saturn V:

About 14 meters.

Kerbal scientists for comparison.

Edited August 23, 2013 by Giggleplex777

[astropapi1]

Guys, 2 things:

1) Kerbals are ~1 meter tall. 20 kerbals tall = 20 meters tall.

2) Search for "Jeb's Big Stick" on Spaceport. Despite it's sexual-looking name, it's a one-part mod that adds a ruler you can attach radially to ships and measure them.

Each meter is divided in ten sections (of 10cm, obviously) for more accurate measurements.

Hope that helps.