Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: SLC-6
Message-ID: <1989Dec19.172556.10438@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <10556.911.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 17:25:56 GMT

In article <10556.911.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu> Greg_d._Moore@mts.rpi.edu (Commander Krugannal) writes:
>     Btw, does anyone know anything more about the Shuttle-C?
>      Specifically, when is the first expected launch date?

There is no expected launch date yet; Shuttle-C is not yet an approved
project.  Maybe 1995 if it gets the go-ahead.

>      what size payload will it be able to carry?

Depends on exactly what configuration you use, notably how many SSMEs and
whether it uses the forthcoming advanced SRB.  I seem to recall nominal
numbers for three SSMEs and advanced SRBs somewhere around 150klbs.
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