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Is that the Rocket or the Craft+Mission payload? My understanding is it's on the order of 5-10 pounds of rocket juice to get one pound of something to LEO, thu
by to11mtm 6mo ago
Is that the Rocket or the Craft+Mission payload?
My understanding is it's on the order of 5-10 pounds of rocket juice to get one pound of something to LEO, thus the question.
- chainingsolid 6mo agoAt 3.5 mil pounds that has to be the full rocket. But quick [1]googling is giving an even higher total mass number... 1. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sls-5640-sls-fact-sheet-dec2025-508.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sls-5640-sls...