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The Falcon 9 is smaller than the Saturn 5 rockets that went to the moon.
ETA:
Saturn V max thrust was 7.6 million pounds.
Falcon 9 max thrust is 1.7 million pounds.
The SLS is the platform for the next round of moonshots and it produces 8.8M pounds of thrust.
During our tour in December we got to drive right up and under it...awe inspiring.