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Forum: Exploration: Moon to Mars
Topic: NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 09-16-2011 03:53 PM <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]Space Launch System (SLS)[/b]</font></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/sls_configurations01-lg.jpg" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/sls_configurations01.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="300" BORDER="0"></a> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td valign="top"></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">[b]SLS Initial Lift Capability[/b]</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">[b]SLS Evolved Lift Capability[/b]</font></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">Weight:</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">5.5 million pounds</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">6.5 million pounds</font></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">Height:</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">320 feet</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">400 feet</font></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">Payload:</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">70 metric tons (154,000 lbs)</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">130 metric tons (286,000 lbs)</font></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">Thrust at liftoff:</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">8.4 million pounds (10 percent more than Saturn V)</font></td><td width="10"> </td><td valign="top"><font size="-1" face="sans-serif" color="#CCCCCC">9.2 million pounds (20 percent more than Saturn V)</font></td></tr></table> [i]<A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum39/HTML/000283.html#091411a">See here</A> for discussion of NASA's heavy-lift launch vehicle development efforts.[/i]</center>
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