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Best, by far, was flying into and out of Kai Tak as a passenger on 747s and L1011s...

Thanks alot for the numbers! I am totally no thermodynamics expert, that's why I was asking. :lol:

I trust your testing. Do you happen to have a figure for the propellant used for your insertion burn (or KVTK on orbit total mass) and the mass of your payload? If it's a lot of work for you to dig those out, don't bother. I will just assume that performance with option a) is better and that the...

Agreed. To make this crystal clear: I do not intend to suggest that 65kg would be the number or even close (it feels way too light to me). Neither do I inted to suggest that 250-300kg is wrong or unrealistic. To be honest, I simply do not know. But again I am asking how this number came about...

That's interesting. Maybe could you elaborate a bit on how this is calculated/estimated? I am only asking because the Zond reentry capsule (7K-L1 SA), which was basically a 7K-OK SA modified with an improved heatshield for lunar return, was reported to have been just 65kg heavier than than a...

I rechecked my numbers and need to make a few corrections. 1. I based my calculations on a Soyuz TMA. The TMA-M model - which would be used - is of course 70kg lighter. :) 2. According to International Launch Service's official Proton Mission Planner's Guide...

Thank you very much for your reply. I know you have been thinking about this missions for a very long time (as I have been following your thread) and please don't get me wrong I do not see anything negative in your plan at all. Just think that I have a few ideas that could maybe contribute to...

Congrats for this project! Most exciting, most fantastic! Thank you very much. However, we are facing one serious weak spot in the flightplan which could make the whole mission inherently unsafe. Namely, what happens if the TMA for one reason or another is unable to rendezvous or dock with the...

Tried a lunar return, and with a reentry angle of 5-6° (can't remember exactly, I believe it was close to 5°) reentry was nominal.

Trunk rotation I found a bug which has not been reported yet. After comparison with SpaceX images of dragon, the tunk in the add-on is misaligned in respect to the capsule by a 90deg rotation around its longitudinal axis (=90deg roll). The way it is right now, the antenna on the manned version...