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>>15377017
Kino AF system and it hurts to think that it's gone. The pinnacle of 21st century oldspace.

Let's all sit back and take a moment to ponder the oldspace perfection that is the Delta IV Heavy.

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>>11919922
Digits check out, but the FH is a little too awkward for me. The F9 cores are a little too long and skinny, the fairing simultaneously looks both oversized and undersized, and the proportions aren't quite there.

Meanwhile, those chonky cryogenic boosters... Those three a e s t h e t i c minimalist RS-68s, throwing off those blue hydrolox plumes... That orange paint scheme, licked by the flames of that utter kino launch sequence... The massive fairing that still manages to flow seamlessly into the booster core... The Delta IV Heavy is nothing short of literal aesthetic perfection.