[News Feed] The Mega-Module Path to Space Exploration (Or: How to Use an HLV) (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

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SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - Ever since the abrupt demise of the Saturn V rocket system at the end of the Apollo era, engineers and space advocates have dreamed of what they could do with a booster of similar capacity. In my opinion the recent correct decision by NASA Chief Mike Griffin and his team to go for the largest available booster which can be created at a reasonable cost, will now allow us to make big plans for the first time in 35 years. This article focuses on how to exploit the wide variety of large payloads, which a truly large Heavy Lift Vehicle (HLV) makes possible.

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