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About the resupply missions in "The Martian".
ICBMs have been repurposed in the past to launch satellites
I believe the ICBMs were refurbed in place, they would rotate them thru ready to launch, and down for maintence on a regular basis. teams would come in and perform maintence |
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About the resupply missions in "The Martian".
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says... ICBMs have been repurposed in the past to launch satellites You're a broken record Bob. Read the link I posted, you might learn something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur_(rocket_family) It would not have been as simple as you suggest. Better to take an EELV already in the processing flow and re-purpose that for such a mission. Bigger payload, better orbital insertion accuracy, and etc. Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer |
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