Would the concept ever see fruition? 🧐 engineering
After 1966, NASA began a space program that included a permanently manned space station, a small base on the moon, and the hopes of a
. This is where the concept of a"logistics vehicle" emerged in order to lower the cost of space station operations. The vehicle's role would be focused on changing crews on the space station on a weekly basis.. The Air Force and NASA had already joined forces on a study of existing technologies in the"Integrated Launch and Re-entry Vehicle" project, or ILRV.
That's when Lockheed submitted Star Clipper while General Dynamics introduced their Triamese and Chrysler SERV. Soon, NASA's own teams joined in on the fun supporting mostly the"classic" flyback design. Then in 1971 something happened that changed everything and brought the Star Clipper to the forefront. The maximum development budget was reduced by 50% by the Office of Management and Budget, going from a whopping $10 billion to a mere $5 billion.
This is when the Star Clipper became the most viable option as the costs for a stage-and-a-half design were much lesser because it involved the engineering of only one spacecraft. Despite this, in the end, it was not Lockheed's version that would eventually be chosen to be built, but North American Aviation's take on the concept.
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