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re: CATS and MARS are not compatible
Raoul — (archived)

Cheap access to space means a launcher capable of sending to space the ideal mass and size payload according to the market.
I hear it's 20 tonnes in LEO and 15 tonnes in GTO.
Several rockets have this launch capability and it is also the current largest payload capacity for unmanned satellites or probes.

Launching humans to Mars will have to require at least an Apollo V or Energya type of launcher.
Far more than what the market requires.

I don't see how CATS will allow for a manned Mars program.

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