Re: Stick Second Stage and Delta IV


Ed Kyle wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that the proposed
> SRB/SSME "Stick" vehicle has a second stage
> diameter that is roughly the same as the
> diameter of the Delta IV Common Booster
> Core (5.1 meters)? And, by the way, that
> the SRB/SSME second stage length seems to
> be not much less than the length of a CBC?
>
Coincidence or Cooperation?

I guess the White Elephant second stage diameter is driven by the CEV
diameter and the length is then driven by the propellant required.

Using a Delta IV common booster would save a lot of development work,
but that rather defeats the puropose of the Stick.

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