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To: decimon
Falcon 9 Heavy from Space-X.

The Falcon 9 Heavy will be SpaceX’s entry into the heavy lift launch vehicle category. Capable of lifting over 32,000 kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and over 19,500 kg to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), the Falcon 9 Heavy will compete with the largest commercial launchers now available. It consists of a standard Falcon 9 with two additional Falcon 9 first stages acting as liquid strap-on boosters. With the Falcon 9 first stage already designed to support the additional loads of this configuration and with common tanking and engines across both vehicles, development and operation of the Falcon 9 Heavy will be highly cost-effective.

11 posted on 01/13/2011 4:56:28 PM PST by Wizdum (Wisdom is what you gain when things go wrong.)
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To: Wizdum

Heck, just have them use the F-1 from the S-1C of the Saturn V. Those things will lift anything and are reliable (or they were). Not much design needed there.


16 posted on 01/13/2011 5:07:41 PM PST by linuxnut
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To: Wizdum
There's SpaceX, there's Boeing, and there's Lockheed Martin with heavy-lift vehicles. We can do it without NASA.
19 posted on 01/13/2011 5:18:18 PM PST by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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