Payloads and Payload Processing
The machines, equipment, hardware, and even people that are carried into space atop rockets or inside space shuttles are often called payloads. The term originated in W...
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Payloads
Ninety-nine percent of the mass of a rocket poised on the pad for launch is accounted for by the rocket itself. This mass consists mostly of propellant, but it also includes tanks, valves, co...
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Payloads and Payload Processing