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Old August 28th 03, 06:04 AM
Larry Gales
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Default Will the real Titan II 1st stage stand up

In the past I have heard newsgroup posts about the Titan II first stage,
that it had a gross mass of 269,000 lbs and an empty mass of 9000 lbs,
which would give it a mass ratio of over 29! See a posting by Mitchell
Burnside Clapp at:
http://webhome.idirect.com/~earlcp/messages/M1168.HTML
halfway down the page.

But when I look at Encyclopedia Astronautica at
http://www.friends-partners.ru/partn...lvs/titan2.htm
I see the gross mass at 117,866 kg (260,000 lbs) and an empty mass of
6,736 kg (14850 lbs), giving a mass ratio of 17.5

So, which is the right value?

Thanks,

-- Larry

 




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