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Started by Atlantis, July 16, 2011, 08:07:01 PM

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Atlantis

Like Enterprise, this particular rocket is from my original short story "To The Moon, Mars, and Beyond". It's my interpretation of SLS as based on the current plan for a Shuttle-Derived heavy lifter. The section of the rocket aft of the first white section on the main tank has a heatshield and will land at either Edwards AFB or White Sands, allowing the main engines to be reused (more on that later).
Like most of my builds, it all cardstock.





Glenn

When you say 'card' do you mean 'as in paper' or plasticard? What else have you made, and if paper...do you sell them?
Glenn

Hobbes

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Nice model. Similar concept to Ares V?

Glenn: it's paper.

Atlantis

1) It's made of thick paper, with a wooden dowel inside the LO2 pipe.  Also, this one was cobbled together from several kits that are available around the web.

2) It's basically the Ares V "Classic"  that was proposed at the start of the Constellation program with  elements of the Direct Launcher proposed as a competitor to the Ares family.