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>>12787171
ugh. what could have been..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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First for the finest

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>>12186803
Gotta say I don't like that it doesn't have windows though...

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>tfw in an alternate history the X-33 is successful and scaled up to the Venture Star and replaces the space shuttle and we get treated to the first true SSTO loading up crew and cargo horizontally and taking off vertically straight to space and with slightly more dV up there to maneuver than the shuttle had thanks to aerospike efficiency on takeoff

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>>12124226
How fucking cool would it have been for us to have the very first true SSTO, even just for getting to the ISS at least, and then later down the line they might have tested out orbital refueling/depots to take it further out than was ever possible with Shuttle

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>>11730714
Not like we had any viable alternatives thanks to Congress meddling with and killing off the best Shuttle replacement we could have gotten leaving us without any option

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>>11714666
But Satan, it would be the perfect and coolest method of launching to LEO space stations

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>>10653792
you are so fucking wrong

Linear aerospike + SSTO is the way to go

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>>10616481
its simply embarrassing that we're going back to capsules for LEO/ISS operations when we should be using X-33 or Venture Star by now

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