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Suppose one wanted to trim the many different rocket designs
we have to the minimum useful few. We'd like to have a rocket well suited to every task, but don't need to have multiple designs for the same task. The intent is to decrease cost by decreasing the total number of designs and increasing the number of launches per design. I recognise that the politics of this would be "difficult". Would this list cover the tasks we ask of rockets? Space Shuttle -- Humans to orbit Delta VI Heavy -- Sat Launch -- 10,843 to GTO Delta IV Med (5.2) -- Sat Launch -- 6,120 to GTO Delta IV Med -- Sat Launch -- 3,900 kg to GTO Delta IV Small-- Sat launch -- 2,200 kg to GTO Pegasus XL -- Lite launch -- 443 kg to 185 km orbit I chose the Space Shuttle over the Soyuz simply because the Space Shuttle is more flexible. I chose the Delta IV family because it seemed to cover the largest range in payload weights in a single family of rockets. |
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