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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Delta Clipper
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.153047.26686@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <cfHN0fO00WCqA8a2NW@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:30:47 GMT
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- In article <cfHN0fO00WCqA8a2NW@andrew.cmu.edu> dm3e+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Allen Markley) writes:
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- >Does anyone have the design goals for the Delta Clipper program?
- >Specifically I'd like to know what performance they hope to acheive and
- >by when.
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- the DC-Y goals are 20,000 pounds to LEO (10K to polar) with an operational
- cost of $1 to %10 million per flight and one week turnaround of the
- vehicle (three days in an emergency). In addition, there is a crossrange
- requirement for a single orbit mission and some delta-V on orbit.
-
- Allen
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