Re: Instead of Ares V...

On Feb 28, 9:51 pm, fairwa...@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons) wrote:
"Alan Erskine" <alan.ersk...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Feb 28, 9:07 am, "Alan Erskine" <alan.ersk...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It would also be less expensive than the Ares V as the CBC's and RS-68's
are stock-standard;

Incorrect. A new version of CBC's would have to made. Anyways there
is no such thing as a "stock standard" Delta IV CBC. There are 5
variants (six if you include forward skirts) that are not
interchangeable once assembled. The 3 Heavy CBC's are all unique, the
two other one being mirror images. The Medium core is different from
the Medium plus core which has different intertanks and tanks

You might want to read this:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/product_***/Delta_IV_Payload_Planners...

"behlingjo"'s motto is "I reject your reality and substitute my own".

But not in the good way Adam uses it, rather in the way that means "I
know better than anyone, including the guys who build the thing".


Do you have a point or anything worth adding?

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