09-14-2017, 10:40 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Needville and Shiner, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frognbuff
It was never called "Atlas V Phase 2" within ULA. It has gone by a number of acronyms like "Next Generation Launch Vehicle." Vulcan was the name selected via Internet voting.
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I was referring to the design using Delta IV size tanks with Atlas kerosene engines. Goes back a long way.
Vulcan is just the latest iteration of the idea...
Later! OL J R
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