Timeline for Do any of the developing space programs use horizontal launcher assembly and launchpad loading?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2013 at 16:21 | comment | added | TildalWave | List yes, but there's really only a few other space programs with their own launchers, and most would be using an assembly tower. I'd be rather surprised to see someone struggle with an answer because there's too many of them. ;) | |
| Nov 5, 2013 at 16:15 | comment | added | geoffc | @TildalWave Agreed, it was somewhat of a WHY vs WHO. But of course WHO is a list question. | |
| Nov 5, 2013 at 16:15 | comment | added | geoffc | @TildalWave Sea Launch is a great outlier. Or you could say that is such a prestige program, they needed their own floating oil platform! | |
| Nov 5, 2013 at 15:36 | comment | added | TildalWave | Interesting view, and there might be some truth in that, but your answer is more about "why would they?" than "do they?", which is what my questions is about. +1 but I would really like that (possibly really short) list of launchers that use (or will or have used) a separate launcher integration building away from the launchpad vs using the launchpad assembly tower. Reasons, I suspect, might be different in each case. E.g. there's also Sea Launch. ;) | |
| Nov 5, 2013 at 15:10 | history | answered | geoffc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |