Thanks to Snap2Objects for the scale silhouette. Savvy viewers will note the Ares V shroud roughly superimposed to get an idea of how much of a payload could be stuffed inside...not long thereafter the whole Ares project was scrapped. Not to worry though, there are plenty of great VTOL platforms still available!
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Astrophage 2010
These are some selected pages from a paper I put this together as a proof of concept early in 2010. Not exactly edge-of-your-seat reading material but it was a fun exercise.
All files are best viewed expanded.
