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From: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: For All Mankind [was Re: center engine out]
Message-ID: <1990Sep30.202157.16865@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 30 Sep 90 20:21:57 GMT
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drudetb@infonode.ingr.com (Ted B. Drude) writes:

>Until Energia (which also uses hydrogen) the Soviets had used nothing
>but kerosene/LOX for fuel.  They've  had huge boosters,  but relatively
>small payloads for their size.

     I don't remember the source (I think it was _The Russian Space Bluff_;
I don't remember the author's name either), but I have read that the Proton
booster utilized hypergolic propellants.  Can anyone confirm or deny this?
-- 
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