[sci.space] Using the Shuttle for higher orbits

mdf@ziebmef.uucp (Matthew Francey) (03/25/89)

K_MACART@UNHH.BITNET writes:

>                                                  Think of all the LEM type
> vehicles a fully loaded shuttle could hold in lunar orbit.

  Think of how many more it could hold if the wings and other aerodynamic
stuff was removed.  Well, it couldn't hold *more* of them, but it would be
able to get them there more efficiently.

  The shuttle IS a "shuttle".  It goes up, and it comes down.  For tasks like
going to the Moon, a new vehicle is in order.
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