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- From: cecil@physics.unc.edu (Gerald Cecil)
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- Subject: Re: Saturn lift capabilities
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 17:57:54 GMT
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- In article 9z9@zoo.toronto.edu, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >Uh, Dennis, the ASTP payload was *not* a "full up" CSM; indeed, it was
- >the lightest CSM ever flown manned, because it needed almost no main-engine
- >fuel for its mission. (In fact, it carried more RCS fuel than main-engine
- >fuel.) It weighed 12.7 tons.
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- A question: was a fully fueled CSM, flown in the ASTP launch inclination,
- capable of reboosting Skylab? Was it structurally feasible? If so, when
- was the decision made not to reboost after the AST-part of the mission was
- over?
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- Gerald Cecil cecil@wrath.physics.unc.edu 919-962-7169
- Physics & Astronomy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 USA
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