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Falcon 1 - useful payload 640kg; hmmm.... 

By Mike Richards Posted Wednesday 21st March 2007 15:42 GMT

What does a Reliant Robin weigh?

The weight of an unladen robin 

By Kazriko Redclaw Posted Wednesday 21st March 2007 17:04 GMT

According to this site here, http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=108922 the Robin weighs about 400kg.

If you happened to spend the 7 million USD to put one in space, it'd definitely be the fastest Reliant Robin ever.

Robin 

By Dave Posted Wednesday 21st March 2007 20:37 GMT

I think Mike has been watching too much top gear

Robin Shuttle 

By Mark Leaver Posted Thursday 22nd March 2007 11:24 GMT

Definitely too much Top Gear...

But hell it was a funny show that one.

It's a very educational show ;) 

By Mike Richards Posted Thursday 22nd March 2007 15:53 GMT

In my defence, I'd like to point out that the hail dents that have grounded Shuttle Atlantis wouldn't have stopped an orbital Reliant Robin.

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