Read that they found that in order to go into orbit they found they'd need a larger rocket so they'd need to put more rockets on the rotors meaning they'd then need a larger rocket
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I don't think the rotorocket was ever proposed as a launch vehicle, if that's what you mean.
Of course if the capsule now includes heavy new experimental shit that means you need to spend more delta-v chucking it up in space in the first place, which is just ye olde rocket equation. And of course it introduces loads of new stuff that can go wrong compared to an economic and reliable Soyuz capsule.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 18:40,
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Roton was a fascinating concept - and it was proposed as a Single Stage to Orbit launch vehicle.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_Rocket
I'm still not sold on what problems with normal rockets it was supposed to solve. It added a huge amount of complexity and mass for the rotors, where a better solution might just have been to add the equivalent mass of rocket fuel.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 20:49,
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