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1 posted on
04/06/2011 5:01:08 PM PDT by
jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
2 posted on
04/06/2011 5:47:36 PM PDT by
jaz.357
(Drink triple, see double, act single.)
To: jmcenanly
Spacex Falcon X Heavy or Falcon XX. The Falcon Heavy only lifts 38,000 kilos (37 long tons), while the other two do 125,000 kilos and 140,000 kilos respectively.
3 posted on
04/06/2011 6:04:51 PM PDT by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: jmcenanly
Is there a real benefit to making them large in diameter?
4 posted on
04/06/2011 6:26:14 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: jmcenanly
Is this privately funded, with the intention of moving space travel towards the private sector?
Because I’ve always thought private corporations could do the job better and less expensively.
9 posted on
04/10/2011 8:19:19 AM PDT by
airborne
(Paratroopers - Good to the last drop!)
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