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Moral Equivalent Of A Space Program
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Fred J. McCall wrote: Seems to me that it's expensive enough to get mass up there that we ought to plan on not bringing it back. And a space station, in particular, *wants* to be as heavy as possible -- that reduces the effect of air drag and hence the frequency of reboosts. (The average annual reboost fuel consumption is, to a good first approximation, unaffected. The reboosts take more fuel each, but they're less frequent.) -- spsystems.net is temporarily off the air; | Henry Spencer mail to henry at zoo.utoronto.ca instead. | |
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