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Forum:	Space Shuttles - Space Station
Topic:	Chrysler’s 1971 space shuttle proposal

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]Hazegrayart video <BLOCKQUOTE>[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]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/___JNGJog0A" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="sans-serif">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="sans-serif">Hazegrayart video <BLOCKQUOTE><I>Chrysler Aerospace was already contracted for the Saturn I and IB first stage, so in 1971 <BR>they proposed an alternate shuttle program, the SERV and MURP. <P>The Single-stage Earth-orbital Reusable Vehicle (SERV) had: <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>a 53 metric ton payload in a 7m x 18m payload bay <BR><LI>12 LH2/LOX aerospike engines were arranged around the rim of the base, covered by movable metal shields<BR><LI>jet engines, which were fired just prior to touchdown in order to slow the descent</UL> 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></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/___JNGJog0A" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

oly

An interesting idea.

Headshot

Thanks for that video.

I had seen still pictures of this concept in old issues of Aviation Week and could not determine how the thing worked. None of the captions mentioned engines around the circumference of that huge base. Interesting concept, but aesthetically jarring.

Fra Mauro

I wonder what the development cost was compared to the shuttle. Where it would be built would have been a political factor, California would be a plus for Nixon.

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