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**rushiddink** · 05-22-2012, 10:57 PM

It's only carrying 520 kg on this mission, but its capacity is 6000 kg. To put it in perspective, that's about a quarter that of the best rockets we have today and similar to the early Apollos. I'm not pooh-poohing it, but still a ways to go before they will match the Atlas V.

05-22-2012, 10:57 PM	#7
rushiddink Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	It's only carrying 520 kg on this mission, but its capacity is 6000 kg. To put it in perspective, that's about a quarter that of the best rockets we have today and similar to the early Apollos. I'm not pooh-poohing it, but still a ways to go before they will match the Atlas V.
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