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From: dsmith@hplabsb.HP.COM (David Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Heavy Lift Vehicle
Message-ID: <5153@hplabsb.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 89 00:19:21 GMT
References: <4XwVpQy00Xc94aJ3IN@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <4XwVpQy00Xc94aJ3IN@andrew.cmu.edu> kr0u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kevin William Ryan) writes:
>   I would like to know if anyone has information about the Saturn launcher
>used for the early Apollo tests (the IIB?) - were the plans for that pitched
>as well?  Surely the capacity to orbit the mass of the LM/SM/CM combination
>would be useful.  Does anyone know if the plans for that are still around?

The Saturn IB launched the LM, and the CM/SM, but never all three together.
To do that required the Saturn V, even into low earth orbit (Apollo 9).
There is no need to redevelop the Saturn IB, given the Titan series.
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			David R. Smith, HP Labs
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