[Coco] Re: Re: Re: off-topic, space program

[Lawrence Weeks]

Once upon a time (Sun Jan 18), Gene Heskett wrote:

> A Titan?  Sorry, the original titan just doesn't have the oomph to put 
> something that big out to a lagrange point, it was just barely an 
> icbm designed to hit moscow from south dakota.  With a payload no 
> bigger than 3 of me weightwise inside the nosecone.  I was there, and 
> did that.  Besides, its electronics were all Ge with zip 
> dependability.
> 
> The Titan 2, which was in fact an all much new and bigger bird, maybe.  
> Depends on what the Webb weighs.

Titan 4B actually. That's our biggest I think now. I believe
Webb will go up with an orbital booster, and be slowly moved out
to lagrange. Apparently they plan to do science during the THREE
MONTH trip.

Larry
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Lawrence Weeks                                    lweeks at anabasis.net
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