Nova Model S10R-2 Credit - © Mark Wade

Reusable single stage to orbit Nova using conical shape, 30 CD module engines in zero-length plug nozzle. Operational date would have been July 1978.

Manufacturer: Martin. LEO Payload: 381,000 kg (839,000 lb). to: 185 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 133,421.600 kN (29,994,369 lbf). Total Mass: 10,959,200 kg (24,160,900 lb). Core Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Total Length: 68.00 m (223.00 ft).

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Stage: Nova MM S10R-2. Gross Mass: 10,502,000 kg (23,152,000 lb). Empty Mass: 839,000 kg (1,849,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 160,672.000 kN (36,120,502 lbf). Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 263 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Span: 40.90 m (134.10 ft). Length: 56.60 m (185.60 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 30. Engine: CD Module. Status: Study 1963. Operational date would have been July 1978. SSTO; recoverable; payload 842,000 lbs.

• Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.