[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There will likely be a somewhat soft physical limit in how rapidly one can > push fuel and oxidizer into the vehicle, but by the standards of an > operational air base, or a Daytona 500 pit crew, 4 hours turnaround would > seem generous, and both involve vehicles arguably more complex (though less > massive-which counts) than an SSTO rocket.
Although your "Daytona 500 pit crew" example is a good illustration of "all man-hours are not created equal"... the fuel fill and wheel change take only a few seconds, but there's a lot of work in the shop behind the scenes to support that "quick turnaround"... rebuilding engines, mounting fresh tires on wheels, etc.: that work is moved out of the critical path of getting the vehicle "turned around for its next run". -dave w _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
