In the Real World Jets are loaded by high loader trucks that pull up to the plane and the cargo box is jacked up on a sissors mechanism and gangplank is extended and the food carts are loaded directly into the side of the plane. <br />http://www.ameinfo.com/68371.html<br /><br />It occured to me that KH style rockets will not land next to or any where near a terminal for safety reasons. So they are likely to land in a designated area of a wide open field. Service vehicles will run out to its location and do their thing. air locks and hatches are likely to be half way up the side of a rocket. A HS 3 rocket is typically 50m high and can be as much as 62m, by the book. It would not be unusual for a hatch to be 25 to 30 meters up. <br /><br />I'm envisioning Frontier version of a high loader truck as a wheeled transport truck. It pulls up to the side of a rocket and extends 4 stablizing feet from its four corners. These extend several meters out then set down their feet. Hydralic rams push the feet down till the wheels are lifted centimeters of the ground. This gives the truck a wide stable base. <br /><br />The cargo box is then raise to the hieght of the hatch/airlock and gangplank or tube is extended to the hatch. cargo is then loaded quickly into the rocket. There is a Bus version that holds passengers and delivers them in comfort to the rocket. The whole operation can be done in 30 minutes: extend stablizing feet, raise the box, unload and lower box, retract feet.
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