Thread: Look better! Direct is only a slightly resized Ares-5
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Old 06-July-2009, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by gaetanomarano View Post
...except the two SRBs, Direct has nearly NOTHING in common with the Space Shuttle...has no SSME...Direct...needs several new non-Shuttle things, like 2-4 RS-68...
The current Direct 3.0 design uses SSMEs, not RS-68 engines: http://www.directlauncher.com/

Direct 3.0 presentation to Augustine commission: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvgqW...eature=related
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