On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Andrew Case wrote:
> ...and you don't need heavy
> landing gear, since the vehicle only supports its own weight while
> empty...
It's actually fairly standard in VTVL SSTO designs to launch from a
special stand, which supports the takeoff weight, so the gear only needs
to handle landing weight. (If you do an abort, you have to dump/burn
fuel before landing, like an aircraft.)
Henry Spencer
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