14 May
2010
14 May
'10
3:30 p.m.
This is dangerously off topic again, but what the hell...
On Fri, 14 May 2010, geoffrey oltmans wrote:
I don't think any of the rockets have the heavy
lift capability of the
shuttle, do they? At least to LEO.
According to wikipedia, for currently operational vehicles:
Vehicle/tonnes to LEO
Shuttle/24.4
Delta IV Heavy/22.9
Proton/21.6
Ariane 5ES/21
so there are 3 that are capable of the same ballpak lift. But of course
the heaviest launcher ever to fly was the Saturn V, with 119 tonnes to
LEO, far surpassing the shuttle.
Alexey