Pete Lynn wrote:
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If the time is not yet right to bite the bullet of inflatable space
transports, then it is not far off. It definitely has the potential to
quickly make a lot of more traditional approaches obsolete and I am
somewhat surprised someone is not already covering the possibility.

There is a german project for an expendable, fully inflatable SSTO. But
unfortunately I did not bookmark the link, and I could not find this on
google. I will let you know if I find it again.