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Old 06-July-2009, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by gaetanomarano View Post
...in other words, the IDEA (single rocket, standard SRB, shuttle hardware, etc.) was the SAME of MY concept of a FAST-SLV, while, the final design (engines, 2nd stage, etc.) was the SAME already developed by NASA, the Ares-5, but smaller and with less payload (due to the standard SRB and two-three RS-68 less)...
Your IDEA was started in 1978 with variants throughout the decades.
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