Re: SSTO Concepts FAQ

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From: Edward V. Wright
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:13

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In <1gq87gINNbvs@nuala.hal.COM> juan@nuala.hal.COM (John Thompson Reynolds) writes:

>Just a nit, but SSTO stands for Single Stage To Orbit, and what everybody
>has been proposing is Single Stage To Orbit AND return to the ground in
>a non-destructive manner.

>I suspect that SSTO is considerably easier.

Yes, a single-stage launcher was proposed to place the
first US satellite in orbit, but Vanguard (and, later,
Redstone) were selected instead.

Atlas, which orbited the United States' first manned
spacecraft, was stage-and-a-half.

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