> On Apr 15, 2016, at 1:27 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I had an odd thought this morning.
>
> Falcon 9 will put a 7500kg loaded Dragon on the ISS
>
> SpaceShip2 carries 6 passengers with a total loaded mass of 9740kg.
>
> Suppose you scaled that back to pilot, passenger, cargo and got it down to 7500kg...
>
> The only things that wouldn't be reusable are the Falcon second stage and the connecting parts?

Except SpaceShip2 cannot even get into LEO, let alone get to the ISS.

It’s a ballistic carnival ride, essentially. Up to space then down.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
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