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Article #8795Re: Using the Shuttle for higher orbits
From: Matthew Francey
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1989 00:04
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1989 00:04
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K_MACART@UNHH.BITNET writes:
> Think of all the LEM type
> vehicles a fully loaded shuttle could hold in lunar orbit.
Think of how many more it could hold if the wings and other aerodynamic
stuff was removed. Well, it couldn't hold *more* of them, but it would be
able to get them there more efficiently.
The shuttle IS a "shuttle". It goes up, and it comes down. For tasks like
going to the Moon, a new vehicle is in order.
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