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Article #6562Re: Saturn lift capabilities
From: Gerald Cecil
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:57
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:57
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In article 9z9@zoo.toronto.edu, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >Uh, Dennis, the ASTP payload was *not* a "full up" CSM; indeed, it was >the lightest CSM ever flown manned, because it needed almost no main-engine >fuel for its mission. (In fact, it carried more RCS fuel than main-engine >fuel.) It weighed 12.7 tons. A question: was a fully fueled CSM, flown in the ASTP launch inclination, capable of reboosting Skylab? Was it structurally feasible? If so, when was the decision made not to reboost after the AST-part of the mission was over? --- Gerald Cecil cecil@wrath.physics.unc.edu 919-962-7169 Physics & Astronomy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 USA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!rutgers!concert!samba!wrath!cecil From: cecil@physics.unc.edu (Gerald Cecil) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Saturn lift capabilities Message-ID: <1992Dec29.175754.24170@samba.oit.unc.edu> Date: 29 Dec 92 17:57:54 GMT References: <Bzuvrp.9z9@zoo.toronto.edu> Sender: usenet@samba.oit.unc.edu Reply-To: cecil@physics.unc.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: wrath.physics.unc.edu