On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:02:50 GMT, (Henry Spencer)
wrote:

Correct; *that* approach was just on its way out at the time. The
Gemini bipropellant thrusters had considerably better performance, and
originally looked like they would cause fewer hassles. (It's not clear
that they really did...)

....Well, at least for *one* flight it didn't :-)

OM

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