how much energy in Saturn V first stage?

Lots of specs about weight, thrust, temperature, blah blah, but nothing
about how much energy it spewed out.
The only clue I found was one page claiming that if it exploded on the
launchpad, it would be a 2-kiloton blast!
That works out to about 10 Terajoules.

On Saturday, August 2, 2014 10:33:30 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Lots of specs about weight, thrust, temperature, blah blah, but nothing

about how much energy it spewed out.

The only clue I found was one page claiming that if it exploded on the

launchpad, it would be a 2-kiloton blast!

That works out to about 10 Terajoules.

7.6 million pounds of thrust.

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Lots of specs about weight, thrust, temperature, blah blah, but nothing
about how much energy it spewed out.
The only clue I found was one page claiming that if it exploded on the
launchpad, it would be a 2-kiloton blast!
That works out to about 10 Terajoules.

Look up how much RP-1 it contained. RP-1 isn't too far off from
kerosene (mostly it's just more refined), so from there, you should be
able to "do the math" to figure out the energy contained in the first
stage.

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer