Thread: NASA changing opinion on the Direct HLV launcher.
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Old October 18th 10, 04:19 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.astro,sci.physics,sci.space.history
Jeff Findley
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Default NASA changing opinion on the Direct HLV launcher.
In article 6ac5ef54-2ba6-43e0-b7fb-56c155dc7342
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But you still got noting other than the status quo that isn't working
for us. You even tossed the 100% reliable Saturn 5, as though it was
worthless.

It did its job (got the US to the moon) but was retired because it was
too big, launched too infrequently, and was too expensive to maintain
the ground infrastructure for such a vehicle. The space shuttle was
supposed to fix all those things. Unfortunately, it did not.

Jeff
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