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Re: Re: [sarex] ISS Transmissions
on 12/27/00 4:14 PM, Jose Mihotek at jmihotek@viewsonics.com wrote:
> The most powerful rocket is also Russian. Only they could have lifted the
> biggest components of the ISS. That's why they built those components.
> Because they needed to be large and we don't have that size lifting
> capability.
If the US Space Program would have had the proper foresight to stay on the
cutting edge of technology, we would have that booster. I don't think
anything built has ever beaten the Saturn V with its lifting capability.
Let the US try to put a man on the moon today! NOT!
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
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