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Delta IV Heavy: Heavy Enough for Mars
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December 22nd 04, 07:27 PM
Damon Hill
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Delta IV Heavy: Heavy Enough for Mars
lid (John Savard) wrote in
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http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/dellarge.htm
You seem to have misread everything by a factor of ten.
Delta IV Heavy's payload is rated at about 50,000 lbs
to LEO, roughly a fifth the payload of a Saturn V.
Future variants of the Delta IV Heavy could eventually
approach the performance of a Saturn V; hopefully at
lower cost. But we're not there yet.
--Damon
Damon Hill