US 80s TNMTS/AMLS studies aka Shuttle II

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Hazegrayart said:
NASA's Survivable Crew Compartment Space Shuttle
Engineers in Houston envisioned the Shuttle II as an evolution of the Space Shuttle, with the Evolved Shuttle at its core. This design would have replaced the Space Shuttle’s Solid Rocket Boosters with Liquid Replacement Boosters, while keeping the expendable External Tank and, with minor modifications, the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs). The wing configuration would have been revamped, with winglets at the tips of modified delta wings replacing the vertical tail fin.
The most significant change was to the crew compartment, which was completely redesigned to detach and operate as a separate, independent piloted spacecraft in the event of a catastrophic failure. This feature, along with the new wing design, would have carried over to JSC’s Shuttle II.
However, NASA JSC did not specify when the transition from Space Shuttle to Evolved Shuttle would take place. Assuming the Shuttle II would have been operational by the early 21st century, the Evolved Shuttle might have flown in the 1990s—though that future never came to pass.[...]
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