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minus-squareSinistarhexbear6·10 months agoDream Chaser is what the shuttle should have been all along, and if our government hadn't gutted its own ability to do things in the 1970s and 80s we could have replaced the Shuttle in the 90s or 00s with something like it. Can we have Spaceplane? We have Spaceplane at home. Spaceplane at home. link
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear2·10 months agoThe North American DC-3 is what the shuttle should have been all along. Fully reusable, no solid boosters, reasonable size wings. And most importantly, intended to be only one part of a larger space infrastructure so it's not a bus to nowhere. link
minus-squareSinistarhexbear3·10 months agoYeah that's the most realistic one, although I want to live in the universe where we got the VentureStar. link
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear2·10 months agoEarth SSTOs are bazinga bullshit tbh. Even skyhooks are more plausible. link
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]hexbear1·10 months agoThat VentureStar engine has a lower Isp than the SSME link
Dream Chaser is what the shuttle should have been all along, and if our government hadn't gutted its own ability to do things in the 1970s and 80s we could have replaced the Shuttle in the 90s or 00s with something like it.
The North American DC-3 is what the shuttle should have been all along. Fully reusable, no solid boosters, reasonable size wings.
And most importantly, intended to be only one part of a larger space infrastructure so it's not a bus to nowhere.
Yeah that's the most realistic one, although I want to live in the universe where we got the VentureStar.
Earth SSTOs are bazinga bullshit tbh. Even skyhooks are more plausible.
Nonsense! You just need a large enough fuel tank!
That VentureStar engine has a lower Isp than the SSME