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|    David Spain to All    |
|    Re: Artemis 8    |
|    18 Jul 20 19:18:01    |
      From: nospam@127.0.0.1              The 400lb guerilla in the room is the fact that to even consider       mounting such a mission requires two active launch pads. One for Falcon       9 and one for the Falcon Heavy. It has been posited that too much       oxidizer would be lost from the upper FH stage if it was launched first       awaiting the turnover of LC-1 to a crewed F9. If the missions were       reversed it would still require a quick turnaround in order to get to       the orbiting Crew Dragon with enough endurance to complete the mission.       We don't really know what that number is. (Well I don't anyway).              There has been talk of upgrading SLC-40 to handle Falcon Heavy I       believe. Maybe after that has been done?              Dave              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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