ShareThatBread [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to movies@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoFor All Mankindmessage-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThe North American DC-3 is what the shuttle should have been all along. Fully reusable, no solid boosters, reasonable size wings. And most importantly, intended to be only one part of a larger space infrastructure so it’s not a bus to nowhere.
minus-squareSinistar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYeah that’s the most realistic one, although I want to live in the universe where we got the VentureStar.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoEarth SSTOs are bazinga bullshit tbh. Even skyhooks are more plausible.
minus-squareSinistar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoNonsense! You just need a large enough fuel tank!
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThat VentureStar engine has a lower Isp than the SSME
The North American DC-3 is what the shuttle should have been all along. Fully reusable, no solid boosters, reasonable size wings.
And most importantly, intended to be only one part of a larger space infrastructure so it’s not a bus to nowhere.
Yeah that’s the most realistic one, although I want to live in the universe where we got the VentureStar.
Earth SSTOs are bazinga bullshit tbh. Even skyhooks are more plausible.
Nonsense! You just need a large enough fuel tank!
That VentureStar engine has a lower Isp than the SSME