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Greg D. Moore (Strider) - 18 Jul 2008 02:48 GMT

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Jeff Findley - 18 Jul 2008 14:13 GMT

> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/17/1415247

And everyone who knows history knows that the Saturn V was successful
because von Braun didn't believe the initial weight estimates for the LEM
and the CSM and quietly included a lot of extra margin in the design. As it
was, Apollo 10 still wasn't light enough to safely land on the moon.

I don't see that happening with Ares I/Orion. Both of them are at the
ragged edge in terms of payload/mass. Unfortunately, extra mass is often a
side effect of solving problems.

Jeff

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