Brian Thorn wrote:
wrote:
Still, Delta IV looks to be 5m diameter, which is larger than the
Apollo CSM's 3.90m diameter, and this is before you start talking
about "hammer head" shapes. Atlas V has a mild "hammer head" payload
fairing in order to achieve the same 5m diameter payload fairing. In
traditional US units, this is about 16.4 ft in diameter. That's a
pretty large capsule. I'll bet you could fit quite a few standard ISS
payload racks in a capsule this size.

But not the payload racks and the Service Module.

What service module are you referring to here?


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