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Old May 20th 11, 07:56 AM posted to sci.space.shuttle
David Spain
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Default Could Delta IV Heavy use the same technique as Falcon Heavy

Alan Erskine wrote:
Propellant cross-feed? Would it make the same change in payload
capability as Falcon 9 Heavy compared to Falcon Heavy (65%)?


I would think it would be very costly to attempt to do that with LH2,
which would make a cross-fed D-IVH even less cost competitive compared to
Falcon Heavy, even if higher performance.