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- From: ralph.buttigieg@f635.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Ralph Buttigieg)
- Message-ID: <3_713_635.02b5dc4ba@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au>
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: Can Shuttle Fly to Moon?
- Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au
- Date: 21 Jan 93 07:31:38 GMT
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- Original to: BrianT@cup.portal.com
- B> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn), via Kralizec 3:713/602
- B>
- B> But if you do somehow get an ET fully refueled in orbit, this
- B> should be more than adequate for TLI, Lunar Orbit Insertion, TEI,
- B> and Earth Orbit Insertion upon return, IF you could keep the
- B> ET from boiling off fuel during the flight. I think one SSME would
- B> be enough for the later burns.
- B>
- B> Feasible, probably, but very definitely not worth the cost.
- B> Start anew.
- B>
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- I'm dreaming too but the shuttle has a delta V of about 9kps to get to
- Freedom. A delta V of about 11kps will be enough to give it in a
- elongated orbit which would take it around the Moon. So if we could
- boost it by aprox 3kps (larger ET plus extra SRBs?) might it not be
- possible to release a lander at one lunar approach and the pick up the
- crew at the next orbit?
-
- ta
- Ralph
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- --- Maximus 2.01wb
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