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In the early 1960's NASA looked at reducing costs by using solid rocket boosters (SRB) to replace the first stages of Saturn class launch vehicles.
The contracted firm was the Grand Central Rocket Cº. They came up with two designs.
Rocket Nº. 1 comprised a first stage made up of 3 three...
Some competitors to the Titan 34D7, which became the Titan IV, from the 1984 report 'Assessment of Candidate Expendable Launch Vehicles for Large Payloads'. I've not bothered copying the details of the Titan 34D7 as its' ultimate form is quite well known.
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