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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mas.to/users/JorgeStolfi/statuses/113862071675713850">Jorge Stolfi (jorgestolfi@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 03:22:15 JST</a><a href="https://mas.to/@JorgeStolfi" title="jorgestolfi@mas.to"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/88727-48-20240330171544.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Jorge Stolfi" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Jorge Stolfi</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@Salty/113858136035878984" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@Salty">@Salty</a> </p><p>By the way, the Space Shuttle reused the solid boosters; only the external fuel tank was discarded.   As for returning a rocket on its own to the launch site, I suppose you know about NASA's DC-XA (30 years ago): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X</a>.  The project was cancelled because of internal politicking and lack of $50 million...</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4406645#notice-8630763">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-21T03:22:15+09:00" title="Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 03:22:15 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mas.to/@JorgeStolfi/113862071675713850" rel="external" title="Sent from mas.to via ActivityPub">mas.to</a></span></span><a href="https://mas.to/@JorgeStolfi/113862071675713850">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X">McDonnell Douglas DC-X</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The DC-X, short for Delta Clipper or Delta Clipper Experimental, was an uncrewed prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense's Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) from 1991 to 1993. Starting 1994 until 1995, testing continued through funding of the US civil space agency NASA. In 1996, the DC-X technology was completely transferred to NASA, which upgraded the design for improved performance to create the DC-XA. After a test flight of DC-XA in 1996 resulted in a fire, the project was canceled. Despite its cancellation, the program inspired later reusable launch systems. Michael D. Griffin has since praised the program as "government R&amp;D at its finest."Background
According to writer Jerry Pournelle: "DC-X was conceived in my living room and sold to National Space Council Chairman Dan Quayle by General Graham, Max Hunter and me." According to Max Hunter, however, he had tried hard to convince Lockheed Martin of the concept's value for several years before he retired...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Jorge Stolfi (jorgestolfi@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 03:22:15 JSTJorge Stolfi
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By the way, the Space Shuttle reused the solid boosters; only the external fuel tank was discarded. As for returning a rocket on its own to the launch site, I suppose you know about NASA's DC-XA (30 years ago): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X. The project was cancelled because of internal politicking and lack of $50 million...
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  McDonnell Douglas DC-X
  The DC-X, short for Delta Clipper or Delta Clipper Experimental, was an uncrewed prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense's Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) from 1991 to 1993. Starting 1994 until 1995, testing continued through funding of the US civil space agency NASA. In 1996, the DC-X technology was completely transferred to NASA, which upgraded the design for improved performance to create the DC-XA. After a test flight of DC-XA in 1996 resulted in a fire, the project was canceled. Despite its cancellation, the program inspired later reusable launch systems. Michael D. Griffin has since praised the program as "government R&D at its finest." Background According to writer Jerry Pournelle: "DC-X was conceived in my living room and sold to National Space Council Chairman Dan Quayle by General Graham, Max Hunter and me." According to Max Hunter, however, he had tried hard to convince Lockheed Martin of the concept's value for several years before he retired...

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