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Pre-Sputnik Designs
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Douglas HATV
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The Douglas HATV design of 1946 was laid out by the supreme lightweight aircraft designer Ed Heinemann. He saw no obstacles to a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle, using the correct design approach....more.
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Martin HATV
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The Martin HATV 1946 design used a single Aerojet engine of unconventional design to achieve single-stage-to-orbit performance....more.
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NAA HATV
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Significant Navy program begun in 1946 to develop a single-stage-to-orbit satellite launch vehicle. The Air Force blocked Navy efforts to develop it on a joint...more.
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World Circling Space Ship
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Rand study of 1946-1947, in response to the Navy HATV, for a three-stage satellite launcher to be in use by 1952. Development funding was not forthcoming....more.
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EHB LV
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The EBH (Engel - Bödewaldt - Hanischlaunch) vehicle was a 1949 manned design which would had a gross launch mass of 220 tonnes and delivered a payload of 3 tonnes to a 557-kilometre orbit...more.
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BIS 3 Stage
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The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) reusable booster concept of 1950 was a 3 stage, rocket, similar to Von Braun concepts of the time. The third stage was...more.
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