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		rockemsockem on Aug 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return o... It was also initially designed to be able to have nuclear thermal propulsion engines installed in later iterations, but that got scrapped.

Kim_Bruning on Aug 25, 2024 [–]

Those were for the other type(s) of shuttles, for use in space. (The ones that didn't get built).

The original STS design looked a lot more like late-game KSP1 (possibly depending on the player).

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