National Launch System
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national-launch-system-221-3565617
title:
National Launch System
text:
The National Launch System was a study authorized in 1991 by President George H. W. Bush to outline alternatives to the Space Shuttle for access to Earth orbit. Shortly thereafter, NASA asked Lockheed Missiles and Space, McDonnell Douglas, and TRW to perform a ten-month study. A series of launch vehicles was proposed, based around the proposed Space Transportation Main Engine (STME) liquid-fuel rocket engine. The STME was to be a simplified, expendable version of the Space Shuttle main engine (S
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Proposed family of US super heavy-lift launch vehicles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Launch_System
date created:
2009-06-26T06:01:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T20:00:05Z
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