On Jul 19, 9:14*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 7/19/2010 1:34 PM, wrote:

Does this link work?:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...p?channel=spac....

That one works.
3,000 tones lift-off thrust seems a bit light for a single launch Moon
flight like Apollo, so are they thinking of a multi-launch approach with
either orbital assembly or refueling, or building a large space station?
A rocket of that size could be used for either.
Encyclopedia Astronautica has an article about their new rocket designs
hehttp://www.astronautix.com/lvs/cznglv.htm

Pat

You don't need any stinking 3000 tonnes worth of lift-off thrust if
utilizing the zero Delta-V of our Earth-moon L1, and especially while
having roughly half the inert mass to deal with is obviously where an
Apollo like mission could be easily accomplished with fuel and payload
to spare.

~ BG