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My Lord, what an image! 8 schoolbuses under that shroud.l
Image didn't appear. It's in Raoul's citation.
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Ares V and huge telescopes in space
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Raoul
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1/14/2009 8:45:43 AM
My Lord, what an image! 8 schoolbuses under that shroud.l
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Bowser
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1/14/2009 10:09:20 PM
STS hauled about 130 tons to LEO...
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Adam
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1/15/2009 6:00:44 AM
8 schoolbuses
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Nick Hoffman
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1/14/2009 10:20:12 PM
6X mass and 3X volume of Shuttle payload.
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Bowser
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1/15/2009 4:43:50 AM
My point was that a winged re-entry vehicle was a ridiculous waste of payload
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nick hoffman
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1/15/2009 7:58:40 AM
Crossrange
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TB
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1/16/2009 5:02:03 AM
Imagine the Shuttle's mass and volume as payload, too.
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Bowser
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1/15/2009 9:11:06 PM
It serves a purpose.
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Lee
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1/15/2009 11:54:23 PM
Image didn't appear. It's in Raoul's citation.
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Bowser
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1/14/2009 10:10:17 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.