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To: green iguana
, but I wonder if the 100 ton figure is a typo.

No, thats the weight of the current shuttle. The shuttle launch system wastes most of the energy used to put the shuttle and payload in orbit when the shuttle returns from orbit. It is much more efficient to use the system to send up a payload that stays in orbit.

20 posted on 08/02/2005 9:25:47 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Invest in Gravitational Potential Energy.

It's moving up!


93 posted on 08/02/2005 11:01:16 AM PDT by Constantine XIII
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