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frodo1008
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What bothers me is that NASA should have known all along what thrust was going to be developed by the stick design. Knowing the thrust they should have known how much weight they could launch to LEO by the system. IF that is the case then they should also have known what the maximum weight they could then make the payload and worked from there. This is relatively simple mathematics.<br /><br />It just seems to me (and I think others also) that NASA just keeps stumbling along here on something that should have been solved a long time ago!<br /><br />Now, changing the design to work within this weight envelope is something that the current design development is evidently what NASA is currently doing, but it seems as if they are continually bumping up against the upper bounds of the envelop, and that IS NOT a good thing here at this time!<br /><br />This then brings up a basic question that I am amazed that NASA has not evidently answered yet. Is the stick design sufficiently powerful enough a launch system to take us back to the moon, or isn't it!<br /><br />If it is then NASA needs to stop fooling around and finalize the design and start cutting metal!!<br /><br />If it isn't then NASA had better start to look for an alternative launch system such as an uprated EELV.<br /><br />If someone such as myself that has always been a heavy NASA supporter feels this way, then think of how those that have not always supported NASA must feel!<br /><br />I would highly recommend that NASA do this before there is a possible regime change in Washington on January 2009!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />