Is it the Atlas Rocket that's basically the two sold boosters from the shuttle and a liquid booster with the payload on top?
sas Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 01:59 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Discovery Importance: Low As a heavy lift vehicle there's nothing else like it. There was a design for an unmanned version of the shuttle that was for heavy lift, but that got axed too during the Ronnie Raygun years. larry On 7/26/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nick wrote: > > I think space exploration is a very useful endeavor. I would love to see us > > colonize other worlds. > > > > I agree! I just think the shuttle does squat to further that goal. > > We should work towards a base on the moon similar to the ones on > Antarctica. They should have telescopes, etc and we should be looking > for ways to develop technology that allow humans to easily survive in > those conditions. > > I don't see how the shuttle does anything for anything. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166505 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
