Can NASA Perform the Following Today?

(Serg) writes:

"Christopher M. Jones" wrote in message ...

What I'm thinking is something along these lines. You
have a small-crew, maybe 2-3 people, SSTO which uses two
engines, a LOX/Kero "first stage" (even though it doesn't
discard the engine) which provides enough thrust to get
off the ground and a Hydrogen Nuclear Thermal Rocket
"second stage" (again, same thing) which provides the
majority of the Isp for getting to orbit.

Could it be done with Orion ? Is it possible at all to land Orion on Earth ?

Only if you don't give a rat's @$$ about the property value of the landing
field and everything downwind of it for several thousand years after it lands...


-- Gordon D. Pusch

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