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Tag: reusable launcher
MDAC Canard Booster
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MDAC Phase B Shuttle at PM View
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Pegasus Cutaway & Plan
Pegasus Intercontinental Passenger Rocket
- Forward pressure dome;
- Two-man crew compartment;
- Re-entry stabilization fines (2);
- Cargo compartment;
- Aft pressure dome;
- Pressurized cabin for passengers (170);
- Deck structure (4) with passenger couches (43 each).
Pegasus during atmospheric re-entry uses the LH2-cooled plug nozzle as a heat shield. The ballistic transport would convey 172 passengers and freight 7,456 miles (12,000 km.) in 39 min. without exceeding an acceleration of 3g during ascent or re-entry. At the arrival spaceport it would hover on rocket thrust during a soft landing in the vertical attitude.
Pegasus Passenger Compartment
- Four-level passenger access doors (3);
- Stairways (2) connecting four passenger decks;
- Double-wall acoustic damping structure;
- Luggage racks (9);
- Re-entry stabilization fins (2).
Text from Frontiers of Space by Philip Bono & Kenneth Gatland, 1969
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518 Flyback Booster
Shuttle Program at Astronautix
Grumman & Boeing Phase B at PM View
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518 Structural Arrangement
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Grumman & Boeing Phase B at PM View
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Design 532
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Grumman & Boeing Phase B at PM View
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Design 518
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Grumman & Boeing Phase B at PM View
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NAR Art Department
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Shuttle Development
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