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Originally Posted by ToSeek
It's got a very long flight to get to Mercury. APL seems to be specializing in missions requiring a lot of patience.  |
That's the Delta II sounding rocket for you.
50 yr.old R-7 places two tons more in orbit than that blue-painted stomp rocket.
On the other hand, the Child of Energiya has already sent its Hail Mary to Pluto out past Ceres.
"Oh, what a difference!" Sing it with me now.
Dan Goldin's punishment in Hell:
"I will not underspend on launch vehicles while overthinking payloads."
"I will not listen to SFF, Bell or Cowing..."
"Praise the Son of Zenit."