THE SEA DRAGON ROCKET By: Abhijay Bhosale This. Is. The finale. The last edition of the Unknown Off-Ground Series. It's been a great few reads, so let's end off with a blast. A blast that can lift 550 tonnes... to space. This could have been the biggest rocket ever made, capable of launching a little over 3 Antonov An-225s, or the largest plane ever built. It could have even lifted the entire International Space Station into orbit in one launch. At 150 meters tall, it would have been big enough to be as tall as a skyscraper. And through all of this, it would be one of the most efficient rockets ever planned. This is, the Sea Dragon. Origins Our story begins with a man named Robert Traux. Robert Traux worked for Aerojet, an American aerospace company. During the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, each country had to make their mark in space. One of these things involved making space stations. Although the first space station wasn't put into until ...
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