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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: TITAN 4
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Date: 19 Jun 89 16:06:24 GMT
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>In article <4301.24986D0D@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Brian.Crawford@p12.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Brian Crawford) writes:





>According to Scientific American, March 89, it will deliver 40 Kpounds 
>to LEO, and about 12 Kpounds to geostationary. I don't recall Saturn V,
>but I'm sure it was considerably more. The shuttle does about 55 or so
>to LEO. A Proton about 42/8 and an Ariane 5 about 43/15. All numbers
>from the same source. The dumb units too :-)
>

>stramm%cs@ucsd.edu	ARPA (new) 	|	Bernd Stramm 


The Saturn V can deliver 285,000 lbs to Earth orbit or 100,000 lbs
to Lunar orbit.

Peter Jarvis.....