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>>11929716
Jupiter C is a derivative of the redstone rockets
the Saturn I with the weird skinny bit on top that isn't an Apollo capsule did launch more than a couple of times actually
launches 1-4 of the Saturn 1 didn't even have real upper stages
only launch 4 even had a fake upper stage
launch 5 was the first one with a real upper stage and it went all the way to orbit
the rest of the launches were boilerplate apollo capsules, a real apollo capsule never launched until the Saturn IB

>>9546285
Saturn V was being built upon already in development engines and is the direct successor of an already successful heavy lift rocket.

>>9546350
Considering the FH still only has a government test payload and some payloads that can easily be launched on an F9 on its manifest, its demand is not very high. Why would BFR somehow get a ton of preorders when the FH didn't, and still doesn't have any payloads that benefit from its lift?