Post-Saturn Super-Booster Collection #4
Douglas ROMBUS and Early Nova
$75.00 + Shipping
STATUS: IN STOCK
$75.00 + Shipping
STATUS: IN STOCK
About the Design
The Douglas ROMBUS (Reusable Orbital Module–Booster & Utility Shuttle) was a conceptual heavy-lift launch vehicle developed in the early 1960s, notably described by engineer Philip Bono around 1963.
ROMBUS’s primary purpose was to deliver extremely large payloads—on the order of hundreds of tons—into Earth orbit, supporting missions such as space stations, lunar operations, and deep-space exploration. Unlike conventional expendable rockets, it was designed to be recovered and reused, dramatically improving economic efficiency. The NOVA booster was a family of super heavy-lift launch vehicle concepts studied by NASA beginning in 1958, during the early planning phases of the Apollo program. NOVA’s primary purpose was to enable direct-ascent missions to the Moon, eliminating the need for Earth-orbit rendezvous by launching a fully fueled spacecraft on a single trajectory to the lunar surface. |
About the Model
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