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From: neufeld@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca (Christopher Neufeld)
Subject: Re: I want to go to orbit...
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1991 04:17:52 GMT

In article <1991Mar25.174621.3905@cs.mcgill.ca>, msdos@cs.mcgill.ca (Mark SOKOLOWSKI) writes:
> 
> 	What are the steps in order to build a reliable space-shuttle like
> spaceship in order to send myself to orbit for the summer holidays?
> I'm thinking about a 20-30 ton rocket with a 900 kg payload made up of
> a car sized hypersonic glidder, fitted with 3 rocket engines. There will
> be 2 boosters of about 10 tons each, and a main liquid hydrogen-oxygen
> tank of about 10 tons too. I have a Chalet near a lake with some forest
>
   Folks, remember Mark from the Venus terraforming discussion? Don't
tell him about the new low-cost personal interplanetary shuttles being
sold through mail order. I'm sure he's planning to fly to Venus to
disable Magellan, since it's polluting that pretty landscape with nasty
radio wave things.
   Do you want the destruction of Magellan on your conscience?


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