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Article #8606Re: Heavy Lift Vehicle
From: David Smith
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1989 00:19
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1989 00:19
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In article <4XwVpQy00Xc94aJ3IN@andrew.cmu.edu> kr0u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kevin William Ryan) writes: > I would like to know if anyone has information about the Saturn launcher >used for the early Apollo tests (the IIB?) - were the plans for that pitched >as well? Surely the capacity to orbit the mass of the LM/SM/CM combination >would be useful. Does anyone know if the plans for that are still around? The Saturn IB launched the LM, and the CM/SM, but never all three together. To do that required the Saturn V, even into low earth orbit (Apollo 9). There is no need to redevelop the Saturn IB, given the Titan series. -- David R. Smith, HP Labs dsmith@hplabs.hp.com (415) 857-7898
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hplabsb!dsmith From: dsmith@hplabsb.HP.COM (David Smith) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Heavy Lift Vehicle Message-ID: <5153@hplabsb.HP.COM> Date: 11 Feb 89 00:19:21 GMT References: <4XwVpQy00Xc94aJ3IN@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 14