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by hoseja 1746 days ago
V2 does NOT go into orbit.
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Yet another reason why the comment I'm replying to was incorrect, thanks.
No, it’s actually the opposite. Re read. If you compare an actually LEO capable vehicle and a moon lander of the same payload, you’ll see that the difference is not that big.

Saturn had a massive payload, hence the gap in difficulty.

But my point anyway was that Saturn V is not 1000x larger than a soyouz, despite the moon being 1000x further away. Distance is not what counts in space.