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Re:Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth by to11mtm on Friday April 03, 2026 @06:53PM (#47633385)
Is that the Rocket or the Craft+Mission payload?

My understanding is it's on the order of 5-10 pounds of rocket juice to get one pound of something to LEO, thus the question.

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Re:Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth by chainingsolid on Friday April 03, 2026 @10:44PM (#47635143)
At 3.5 mil pounds that has to be the full rocket. But quick [1]googling is giving an even higher total mass number...

1. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sls-5640-sls...

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