Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Shuttle-C
Message-ID: <1988Oct7.163737.19851@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <10528@reed.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 88 16:37:37 GMT

In article <10528@reed.UUCP> odlin@reed.UUCP (Iain Odlin) writes:
>  What is "shuttle-C"? ...

A proposed heavylift booster based on shuttle hardware.  The original idea
was an unmanned shuttle using a stripped-down bare-bones expendable orbiter.
This has been modified a bit to closely resemble some of the older shuttle-
derived heavylift proposals, with the "orbiter" consisting of a payload
(under a shroud) in front of a pod containing engines and electronics.
The major difference from the old heavylift proposals is that no attempt
will be made to recover the main engines; they will be time-expired engines
removed from manned shuttles.  (This is feasible because today's estimates
of safe shuttle engine life are a lot lower than the old ones.)
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