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A comment on Loon’s final flight. Parent comment

Re:Loon’s final flight by mFixman on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:58AM (#25872132)
It's much harder if you include the return trip.
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Re:Loon’s final flight by Dylan16807 on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:48PM (#25874088)
You have to keep things going for 3 years, but I think such a trip is still pretty straightforward with our current abilities.

But wow what a drawn-out load of nothing a mission like that would be.

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Re:Loon’s final flight by sgt101 on Friday January 22, 2021 @05:31PM (#25877127)
No resupply, no spares - no chance.
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Re:Loon’s final flight by Dylan16807 on Friday January 22, 2021 @08:06PM (#25878481)
There's room on board for literal tons of spares.
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