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Old 19th Jan 2016, 11:36
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netstruggler
 
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As a fraction of the total fuel load its actually small. First stage fuel load is 418 tons, and landing fuel is around 32 tons, less than the reserve they carry to compensate for the additional burn time in case of a single engine failure out of the cluster of 9.
But how much of that 418 tons is only there to lift the 32 tons up into orbit?
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