One Size Fits All
Mark Whittington points to yet another Shuttle-derived launch system concept.
It makes some good sense (not least because the crew-launch missions would potentially have a lot of extra mass to play with). But as Mark notes, NASA doesn’t seem likely to budge from Ares I. This, despite the fact that the changes they are already mandating for Orion are driving its mass beyond what the “Stick” can lift.
