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The USSR tried the "tons of little boosters" approach. It's taken ~60yr for the manufacturing and control systems to get to the point of being reliable enough
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
The USSR tried the "tons of little boosters" approach.
It's taken ~60yr for the manufacturing and control systems to get to the point of being reliable enough to chain together enough boosters to put really big stuff into orbit.