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- From: Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn)
- Subject: Re: SSTO vs 2 stage
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:54:55 GMT
- Message-ID: <19069@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- Regarding my assumption that SSTO proposals based on the Saturn S-IVB would
- be non returnable and non-reusable, Henry Spencer writes:
-
- >
- > No, some of the S-IVB-based SSTO proposals were reusable. I don't know
- > how well they would have worked, and I don't know that I'd plan a spaceline
- > based on them without waiting a while to see how reusable they really were,
- > but on paper it was feasible.
-
-
- I stand corrected, although somewhat puzzled. If you have the details
- handy Henry, could you inform us how it was planned to recover a cylindrical
- stage without having it break up the way the Shuttle ET breaks up when it
- hits the atmosphere? Presumably this must involve some mechanism for keeping
- the stage oriented and tumble free during re-entry. What heat shield
- materials were planned in this era prior to the Shuttle tiles and blankets?
-
-
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- Bruce Dunn Vancouver, Canada Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca
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