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No Shortage of Dreams: One Space Shuttle, Two Cargo Volumes: Martin Marietta's Aft Cargo Carrier (1982)
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Knowing the STS itself was not capable of leaving low earth orbit, was it ever considered to use the space shuttle's payload bay to lift separate hardware capable of a return manned
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While the US developed the Space Shuttle. The Soviets had plans for an HLV capable of lifting 150 tons into orbit, and a reusable orbiter like the X-35 Dream Chaser. : r/space
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