Scapacci Team's launch vehicle will be built around a 1967 Beechcraft bonanza. After achieving 16,000 feet altitude using the Continental six cylinder opposed air-cooled engine for the tropospheric climb, Jato rockets will propel the Bonanza 240,000 miles to a comfortable orbit altitude around the lunar sphere. At the anticipated velocity of 168 miles per hour, the mission up and back is scheduled to take at least four months. If, when achieving the quarter of a million miles altitude, the moon has orbited around to the other side of the Earth, the Scarpacci Bonanza will fly in a holding pattern until the moon comes back around. Pilots will probably play Euchre and drink coffee until the moon reappears. This time conundrum may require the pilots to take extra time off work, or cook up some excuse to give their wives. Gas is not expected to be a problem since it's now under $2.70 per gallon.
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Where is Albert Poon when you need him?
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