Keith Willshaw wrote:
The Atlas remains in production to this day in the form of the II,III
and V but the design has been continually updated since the
60's and the Atlas now has the highly efficient Russian designed
RD-180 engine.
The Atlas V is not a pressure-supported structure - it has an isogrid
tank structure that does not require pressure to support itself. The
II and III essentially use the same pressure-supported tankage as
before, lengthened and adapted as necessary.
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