Major changes to Raptor engine plans and Starship and Heavy engine numbers and layout….
My sums might be wrong, but I think the Saturn 5 had a total thrust of around 3800 tons…. (7.6M pounds)
Total Saturn 5 take-off weight was 2950 tons, but on figures below Super Heavy will lift over 5000 tons…
Just to put it in perspective the first time one lifts off the launch pad. I’d love to be there - the experience of a lifetime having been to young to watch Apollo on anything but the TV (though I did get to one Shuttle launch).
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-elo...upgrades-2021/
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teases nine-engine Starship, Raptor upgrades
”All Raptors on booster, whether fixed or gimbaling, would be the same. 33*230 gets ~7600 tons of thrust & T/W of ~1.5.”