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Old July 20th 10, 02:52 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Brad Guth[_3_]
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Default China Studies Moon Rocket

On Jul 19, 7:16*pm, "Dr.Smith" wrote:
Yes that works.


Except that 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