Re: APR Extra: Moderately gigantic drawing of Sea Dragon

From: Henry Spencer (henry_at_spsystems.net)
Date: 03/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:53:45 GMT

In article <423e1049.2335580@supernews.seanet.com>,
Derek Lyons <fairwater@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Why has the Big Dumb Booster never caught on?
>
>Because no need for it has emerged.

Remember that Big Dumb Booster is not the same thing as heavylift booster.
BDBs don't necessarily have large *payloads*; the point of the approach is
to make the *rocket* bigger, keeping the same payload with a smaller
payload fraction and hence less demanding technology. 

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