It might not be that much of a challenge , remember the Titan also had to
burn 2-3% Of GLOW to run it's turbopumps  , and pressure feds can be
trickier about using waste heat . like Hot helium .

Kevin Bollinger

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Subject: Re: [ERPS] blowdown SSTO


> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Ian Woollard wrote:
> > I've run simulations of this sort of thing; roughly speaking. You're
> > looking at a dry mass fraction of less than 4%, probably closer to 3%;
> > that's about 1/2 that of a Roton... Challenging!
>
> Yes, it's about equal to what the Titan II first stage achieved in 1961.
> For some reason, matching that does seem to be a big challenge.
>
> (I'll admit it's probably more of a challenge with pressure feed...)
>
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