Crossrange

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Crossrange

TB — 1/16/2009 5:02:03 AM (archived)

The military payload requirement needed more crossrange than a non-winged reentry system could provide. When the requirement faded, so did the need, but the wings were already there.

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Ares V and huge telescopes in space - Raoul - 1/14/2009 8:45:43 AM
- My Lord, what an image! 8 schoolbuses under that shroud.l - Bowser - 1/14/2009 10:09:20 PM
  - STS hauled about 130 tons to LEO... - Adam - 1/15/2009 6:00:44 AM
  - 8 schoolbuses - Nick Hoffman - 1/14/2009 10:20:12 PM
    - 6X mass and 3X volume of Shuttle payload. - Bowser - 1/15/2009 4:43:50 AM
      - My point was that a winged re-entry vehicle was a ridiculous waste of payload - nick hoffman - 1/15/2009 7:58:40 AM
        
        Crossrange - TB - 1/16/2009 5:02:03 AM
        
        Imagine the Shuttle's mass and volume as payload, too. - Bowser - 1/15/2009 9:11:06 PM
        
        It serves a purpose. - Lee - 1/15/2009 11:54:23 PM
  - Image didn't appear. It's in Raoul's citation. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/14/2009 10:10:17 PM

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