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Old 15-July-2008, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by korjik View Post
Energy density (basically in this case delta-v per kilo) is the killer here, I think. I dont think that compressed air compares well to standard rockets.
I agree! My point to Astromark is that suggesting a different form of propulsion which is solidly grounded in very well known physics is by no means any sort of candidate for ATM, even if it's less efficient than other known means.

It merely shows that the poster was thinking outside the box.
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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.
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