Re: DIY space transport

Kelly McDonald wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:06:03 GMT, fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons)
> wrote:
>
> >Kelly McDonald <kellymcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
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> It would have made more sense to look at the J-2S for the Shuttle and
> use the money originally allocated to the SSME to make modest
> improvements to the design. Not so much to stretch every ounce of
> performance out of it, but adding the characteristics that a reusable
> spacecraft is going to require.
>
....snip...>
> Kelly McDonald
> >D.

I'm afraid your can blame the engine decision on Congress.
The J-2S would have been a good starting point. Even better
would have been the XLR-129--a semi-proven engine that was
half the size of the Shuttle engine, but was otherwise
already comparable to what the SSME aspired. But the
SSME had the political clout.

Best regards,
Len (Cormier)
PanAero, Inc.
x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (change x to len)
http://www.tour2space.com

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