Apr 272010
From APR original print issue V5N1 comes a 14-page article on the Boeing Advanced Multipurpose Large Launch Vehicle (AMLLV), which was virtually the polar opposite of the Sea Dragon in terms of design philosophy… all the latest bells and whistles. It was also perhaps the most powerful booster ever envisioned… in it’s most powerful configuration, nearly four million pounds of payload could be carried by a vehicle with a launch thrust of 108 million pounds.
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4 Responses to “Advanced Multipurpose Large Launch Vehicle: APR article 29”
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When you delve into this thing, it turns out that with 330-inch storable liquid boosters, and three of the wafer-style upper stages, gross payload approached 5 million lbs. God knows what it would have been with a heavier upper stage and an uprated core.
Forgot to add: {George giggles manically}
That’s some serious heavy-lift there ….
I could think of a few entertaining things to do with 2000 tons in LEO.