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Old September 4th 05, 07:14 PM
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Default Aux tank fix

I'm kind of curious about the potential of painting the tank with
strong polymer coat, though that'd bite into the payload capacity.

The radical redesign option would be to switch to internal insulation,
though I understand that was a pain on the Saturn V.

Mike Miller

 




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