odlin@reed.UUCP (Iain Odlin) (10/06/88)
What is "shuttle-C"? I keep hearing the name, but details are never
included.
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In article <10528@reed.UUCP> odlin@reed.UUCP (Iain Odlin) writes: > What is "shuttle-C"? ... A proposed heavylift booster based on shuttle hardware. The original idea was an unmanned shuttle using a stripped-down bare-bones expendable orbiter. This has been modified a bit to closely resemble some of the older shuttle- derived heavylift proposals, with the "orbiter" consisting of a payload (under a shroud) in front of a pod containing engines and electronics. The major difference from the old heavylift proposals is that no attempt will be made to recover the main engines; they will be time-expired engines removed from manned shuttles. (This is feasible because today's estimates of safe shuttle engine life are a lot lower than the old ones.) -- The meek can have the Earth; | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology the rest of us have other plans.|uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu