Author Topic: SLS Phase I/II, circa 1986  (Read 8076 times)

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Re: SLS Phase I/II, circa 1986
« Reply #20 on: 05/10/2011 04:17 pm »
Yes, because otherwise you're stuck in LEO.

I was thinking in terms of an upper stage that ignites during ascent, rather that an EDS, but the point is taken. If you were to build a vehicle like the RP-1 booster SDLV, the most efficient use of it probably would be with an upper stage scaled to send *stuff* to a Lunar/L1/L2 trajectory. Scale it right, and you do a very respectable LOR lunar landing mission.

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