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Old January 14th 07, 12:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,sci.space.history,sci.space.shuttle
Pat Flannery
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Default Why does the shuttle throttle on ascent?



Mary Pegg wrote:
A 747 with an SSME in the tail...

The _New_ Boeing SST proposal! ;-)
It makes sense though... since you're storing LOX and LH2 on the 747
anyway for pumping into the ET at altitude, you might get some use out
of them to up its maximum release altitude at the same time.

Pat