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Rocket Science: The Shuttle's Main Engines, though Old, Are not Forgotten in the New Exploration Initiative (2005)

Covault, Craig

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Publication Date: 2018-06-05

Description: The Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), developed 30 years ago, remains a strong candidate for use in the new Exploration Initiative as part of a shuttle-derived heavy-lift expendable booster. This is because the Boeing-Rocket- dyne man-rated SSME remains the most highly efficient liquid rocket engine ever developed. There are only enough parts for 12-15 existing SSMEs, however, so one NASA option is to reinitiate SSME production to use it as a throw-away, as opposed to a reusable, powerplant for NASA s new heavy-lift booster.

Keywords: Spacecraft Propulsion and Power

Type: Aviation Week and Space Technology (ISSN 0005-2175); Volume 163; No. 2; 59

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