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by mr_toad 332 days ago
Both the Saturn V and the SLS produced over 200dB. Considering that the scale is logarithmic the sound must be quite literally staggering.

https://www.theoverview.org/p/sls-vs-saturn-v-which-was-loud...

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Here's some noise data from Starship launches. This says that it emits over twice the acoustic energy of SLS at launch:

https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/article/5/2/023602/3337259/Star...