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Offline king1999

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MCT will send 100 tons to Mars
« on: 02/20/2014 05:03 am »
http://www.pacbiztimes.com/2014/02/19/spacexs-propulsion-chief-elevates-crowd-in-santa-barbara/

According to Tom Mueller, 9 Raptor engines with be combined on one craft (MCT?) and deliver 100 tons to Mars.

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Re: MCT will send 100 tons to Mars
« Reply #1 on: 02/20/2014 05:20 am »
Raptor w one million pounds of thrust?

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Re: MCT will send 100 tons to Mars
« Reply #2 on: 02/20/2014 05:26 am »
100t of cargo to mars. Thats a whole different ballpark to what has been discussed in the MCT thread.

Offline Lars_J

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Re: MCT will send 100 tons to Mars
« Reply #3 on: 02/20/2014 05:28 am »
Did this need its own thread?

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Re: MCT will send 100 tons to Mars
« Reply #4 on: 02/20/2014 05:49 am »
Is this site access restricted? It won't display for me.




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Re: MCT will send 100 tons to Mars
« Reply #5 on: 02/20/2014 05:55 am »
Is this site access restricted? It won't display for me.

I quoted the new information in a post in the BFR thread: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34015.msg1162024#msg1162024
« Last Edit: 02/20/2014 06:04 am by Lars_J »

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Re: MCT will send 100 tons to Mars
« Reply #6 on: 02/20/2014 06:53 am »
Is this site access restricted? It won't display for me.

I quoted the new information in a post in the BFR thread: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34015.msg1162024#msg1162024

Thanks.

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