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		to11mtm 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth 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.

chainingsolid 35 days ago [–]

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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