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...which are exactly the numbers I used. 3 x (53,000kg/80-125M$) = 159,000kg/240-375M$.
by maaku 15y ago
...which are exactly the numbers I used. 3 x (53,000kg/80-125M$) = 159,000kg/240-375M$.
- vela 15y agoOops, sorry, I read too quickly and thought you meant 140 t to LEO per launch, and three launches for the full mission. (I also had NASA's DRM 5 in my head, which requires three deliveries of roughly that size per mission, rather than Mars Direct which requires two.)