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Re:NASA Chooses Musk’s SpaceX to Negotiate Launch Pad Lease by hkbarton on Friday December 13, 2013 @07:12PM (#6903708)
Will SpaceX use this launch pad send people to space?
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Re:NASA Chooses Musk’s SpaceX to Negotiate Launch Pad Lease by Crito on Friday December 13, 2013 @07:30PM (#6903795)
The pad is much more than they need for the Falcon 9, which is what they plan on crew rating in the near future. From what I understand, the pad is overkill even for the Falcon Heavy. Using it for the Falcon Heavy could still be possible though, and that could potentially include manned launches. I suspect SpaceX is really interested in the pad for the planned MCT.
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Re:NASA Chooses Musk’s SpaceX to Negotiate Launch Pad Lease by pjscott on Friday December 13, 2013 @08:09PM (#6904008)
In case anyone else was wondering, MCT is short for

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Colonial_Transporter

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