>>And the Comet. The biggest headache the Phoenix Flight mission
>>planners faced was that the launch window was >< that wide, and there
>>was only going to be one of them per century.
>
>That is indeed a pretty major limiting factor. Kinda makes the
>likelihood of repeat flights pretty much nil.
>
>Unless they can come up with a different arrangement, maybe
>multi-stage with teams of firebenders working in synch... gonna be
>difficult.

Well, by that point, they'd forego the "powered by firebending" plan and just go with the multi-stage liquid propellant launchers that had already been used for satellite launches. There hasn't been a return flight to Yue, however, since the need for that got superseded by the announcement of the Veil passages to Zipang and the people there.

--- Philip

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