NASA CEV engine strategies...

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NASA CEV engine strategies...

4 October 2005, 01:40

Methane engines? New versions of Saturn V upper stages?

Hmmm......

NASA Propulsion Strategy Reaches Back While Looking Ahead

http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_051003.html

The initial propulsion work in support of NASA’s bid to return to the Moon and go on to Mars will focus primarily on adapting space shuttle systems and developing methane-fueled engines, a technology with which the United States has little experience.

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4 October 2005, 04:29

sounds interesting, but the timetable they set for themselves is rather short......

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