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Re:After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test by pfdietz on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @06:33AM (#25832415)
The point I was making was there was no plausible way the shuttle could have been designed so it would have been successful.
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Re:After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test by nickik on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:29AM (#25834344)
Totally disagree. With the same budget a much more successful vehicle could have been built.

Simple changes like not going for hydrogen, separating main engines from Shuttle itself, not using hydrogen on the first stage, vertically mounted shuttle and so on.

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Re:After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test by pfdietz on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @06:32PM (#25840444)
No, I don't think so. The underlying problem was the Shuttle was a One Big Bite attempt at developing a very complex technology. That doesn't work. Development of something like that has to be iterative. Shuffling the deck chairs with different propellants wouldn't have made any difference.
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