Brian Thorn wrote:

On 12 Aug 2003 11:17:40 -0400, jeff findley
wrote:

The propulsion and power systems to get the racks to and from the
Space Station. Even if this requires only half the mass of the Apollo
SM (and I think that's a realistic ballpark figure), we're still
talking two or three times the mass of the CM alone. All in a capsule
only a couple of feet greater in diameter than Apollo.

You're being grossly mislead by a system designed for lunar travel.

No, I'm not. Apollo was not designed for lunar travel, it was designed
as NASA's all-purpose manned spacecraft to succeed Mercury. The moon
mission came later.

Yes you are. Apollo was *intended* as a general purpose orbiter, but
it's design was hardly begun before it's mission, and design, were
shifted to being the command craft for the lunar mission.

D.
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