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From: leech@Apple.COM (Jonathan Patrick Leech)
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Subject: Re: TITAN 4
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Date: 20 Jun 89 15:50:58 GMT
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In article <1624@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> mws@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Michael W. Stalnaker) writes:
>pounds to low earth orbit. (Henry, what's the real number?)  The Saturn V had
>a total lift-off thrurst of seven and a half million pounds, and could put
>about 250,000 pounds into low earth orbit.  And just think sports fans! NASA
>is kinda-sorta-maybe exploring a shuttle derivative (Shuttle-C) that will let
>us put a whole whopping 150,000 pounds into orbit at once.

    150K pounds of cargo vs. 250K pounds of 3rd stage, since Saturn
was not designed for or used as a LEO cargo booster, with the sort-of
exception of Skylab.
--
    Jon Leech (leech@apple.com)
    Apple Integrated Systems
    __@/