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[i]Chrysler Aerospace was already contracted for the Saturn I and IB first stage, so in 1971 they proposed an alternate shuttle program, the SERV and MURP. The Single-stage Earth-orbital Reusable Vehicle (SERV) had: [list][*]a 53 metric ton payload in a 7m x 18m payload bay [*]12 LH2/LOX aerospike engines were arranged around the rim of the base, covered by movable metal shields [*]jet engines, which were fired just prior to touchdown in order to slow the descent[/list] MURP, the Manned Upper-stage Reusable Payload was based on the HL-10 lifting body (Six Million Dollar Man test Vehicle). A larger version (the D-34) could carry up to ten passengers.[/i]
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