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| Greg D. Moore (Strider)... |
 Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:48 pm |
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| Jeff Findley... |
| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:13 am |
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"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" <mooregr_deleteth1s at (no spam) greenms.com> wrote in message
news:TYudnbOgaatwa-LVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d at (no spam) earthlink.com...
Quote: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/17/1415247
And everyone who knows history knows that the Saturn V was successful
because von Braun didn't believe the initial weight estimates for the LEM
and the CSM and quietly included a lot of extra margin in the design. As it
was, Apollo 10 still wasn't light enough to safely land on the moon.
I don't see that happening with Ares I/Orion. Both of them are at the
ragged edge in terms of payload/mass. Unfortunately, extra mass is often a
side effect of solving problems.
Jeff
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