Why replace the orbiter with a cargo pod?

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Lee — 6/4/2005 8:52:36 AM (archived)

Why not stretch the ET and place four or five SSMEs underneath. Cargo could then be carried on top of the stack with the capability to mount oversized payloads on the side in the conventional manner.

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Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle - Raoul - 6/4/2005 8:41:20 AM
- Why replace the orbiter with a cargo pod? - Lee - 6/4/2005 8:52:36 AM
  - re: Why replace the orbiter with a cargo pod? - Doug Ellison - 6/4/2005 11:17:24 AM
    - Similar, but more like the Space Island Group proposal. - Lee - 6/4/2005 7:45:16 PM
      - re: Similar, but more like the Space Island Group proposal. - Doug Ellison - 6/4/2005 11:13:54 PM
        
        We could also keep some shuttle type craft with such a system. - Lee - 6/5/2005 4:00:21 AM
  - What about also launching the ET itself into orbit? - Sam F. - 6/4/2005 9:38:12 AM
    - re: ET itself into orbit? - Raoul - 6/4/2005 1:39:19 PM
      - Another reason not to use the ET in space - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2005 8:30:22 PM
      - This has been studied to death - Gary - 6/4/2005 4:48:46 PM
        
        F***... what a good idea! - Adam - 6/6/2005 4:01:55 AM
        
        The colonists would need clear eustachian tubes - Gary - 6/6/2005 5:11:54 AM
        
        I doubt Mars would be very healthy for people without suits. - Lee - 6/6/2005 6:18:35 AM
        
        People work in fine dust all the time - Gary - 6/6/2005 3:52:20 PM

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