Re: Delta 4 Heavy -- the engine for humans beyond LEO?
From: Kim Keller (kimekeller_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 04:23:40 GMT
"Jim Oberg" <jameseoberg@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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> This booster is beginning to look really impressive to me -- the recent
> launch holds don't bother me at all.
>
> In its current and EXPANDABLE forms, is this the kind of rocket
> that can take people beyond LEO, or assemble the vehicle to do so,
> in LEO, when the time comes?
>
> Has a really good, big booster snuck up on us, when many of us
> (like me) really weren't paying attention?
IMHO D-IV H is a dog. The engine underperforms, it gobbles helium worse than
a Ford Expedition gobbles gas, the foam is a never-ending headache, the
first heavy launch is likely to severely damage the pad, and Boeing just
doesn't impress me as a company that has done a thorough job of putting
together a well-engineered product. Boeing went down the wrong path pursuing
an all-LH2 booster.
Personally, I think LM's Atlas is a superior vehicle.
No, I don't work for LM or own LM stock. Nor do I work for Boeing. And my
opinion certainly doesn't reflect the standing of any company or
organization besides myself.
-Kim-
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