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Originally Posted by tcar
Part of the reason:
The Shuttle can transport about 25 tons into space, the Ares V is projected to be able to transport 190 tons per flight. The Shuttle is VERY heavy relative to payload.
No 'external fuel tank' on the Ares V, either.
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The Shuttle is only good for LEO. All the crap about servicing SATs was just that. The shuttle cannot reach GEO-synch orbit.
It was sold as the "Space Truck". Bad idea. We should have developed 2 designs: People transporter, and heavy lift vehicle. Aries is what we should have developed instead of the shuttle.