Common wisdom in the aerospace community is that larger rockets will be cheaper than smaller rockets. Yet, common wisdom has failed to reduce the cost of human spaceflight—why?
Criticism of the proposed Heavy Lift Vehicle. I've heard folks say that the economics of STS would have worked out a lot better if they built 12 and flew it once a week. The Mega-Module Path to Nowhere (Or: How to Eliminate Human Space Flight With an HLV) |