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Old January 12th 04, 11:14 PM
Henry Spencer
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In article ,
HAESSIG Frédéric Pierre Tamatoa wrote:
...SeaLaunch, for example, could probably be man-rated...


I may be wrong, but I don't think Zenit is man-rated. Can someone confirm or
infirm this?


Zenit was meant to be cleared for manned flight. Whether it can easily be
"man-rated" by NASA's standards is less clear. (No real vehicle has ever
met NASA's current man-rating standards.)
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