Big, Dumb, heavy lift boosters. Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Big, Dumb, heavy lift boosters.
# 14995 byCharles Radley on June 11, 2001, 10:41 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
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> With regards to sea launch, what sort of size range of booster, can be
> practically launched rfrom sea? Could we launch a Saturn-V from a sea
> platform?
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built any size, it is simply a matter of money.
The thing that made Sea Launch attractive was that there already existed
a proven design for an oil platform which was big enough to launch a
Zenith - the company Kvaerner built it with no difficulty
and for an attractive cost. I doubt if anything much larger than that
is currently available. Also, the bigger they are, the more difficult
(read more expensive) to move around.