APR Extra: Moderately gigantic drawing of Sea Dragon

I've posted a very large (6750X2525 pixels) drawing of the Sea Dragon
HLLV on my site. This vehicle was to be bigger in diameter than some
launch vehicles are *long*.

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extraspace.htm

Scott Lowther wrote:
I've posted a very large (6750X2525 pixels) drawing of the Sea Dragon
HLLV on my site. This vehicle was to be bigger in diameter than some
launch vehicles are *long*.

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extraspace.htm

That's interesting -- it was to have both methane and RP-1 in the first stage?
What was the methane doing, pressurizing the RP-1?

Paul

Yup... methane pressurization for the first stage. Had to be
something... might as well be something useful.

Scott Lowther wrote:
I've posted a very large (6750X2525 pixels) drawing of the Sea Dragon

HLLV on my site. This vehicle was to be bigger in diameter than some
launch vehicles are *long*.

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extraspace.htm

I posted this info before, but for those who didn't see it the first
time:

Sea Dragon concept. Volume 1: Summary - Jan 1963 - 284 pages PDF
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1988069339.pdf

Sea Dragon concept, volume 3: - Feb 12, 1963 - 418 pages PDF
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1988069340.pdf


Rusty

Incredible machine!..


On 17 Mar 2005 14:44:16 -0800, "Rusty" wrote:


Scott Lowther wrote:
I've posted a very large (6750X2525 pixels) drawing of the Sea Dragon

HLLV on my site. This vehicle was to be bigger in diameter than some
launch vehicles are *long*.

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extraspace.htm

I posted this info before, but for those who didn't see it the first
time:

Sea Dragon concept. Volume 1: Summary - Jan 1963 - 284 pages PDF
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1988069339.pdf

Sea Dragon concept, volume 3: - Feb 12, 1963 - 418 pages PDF
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1988069340.pdf


Rusty

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