Haulers

[Jake]

Just a quick question: Aside from the XR5, what other ships can I use to haul big loads to orbit from Earth? Actually, what's the ship that can carry the most payload up there?

 

[Starshipexplorer]

Hi Jake. You might check out the DeltaGlider Ex by schimz. Its about the same "size" as the XR5; it has 9 attachment points in bay. Hope this helps.

 

[Hielor]

The DGex is actually rather smaller than the XR5, both in terms of vessel size and payload size.

I'd put it this way: the DGex is like the spacefaring version of a cargo 737, while the XR5 is like the spacefaring version of an AN-225 (but still with 2ce the cargo capacity, I think)

 

[pattersoncr]

There's Greg Burch's BigSpacePlane

 

[EtherDragon]

Energia can haul huge cargoes into EO

 

[Jake]

Yes, but I was thinking more into terms of SSTO spacecraft, not rockets/boosters/whatever. The BSP sounds good, but don't you need to launch it with some sort of TX-like tug?

 

[Eagle]

For good/big SSTOs:
Nexus [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3497"]Convair NEXUS v1.0 (Velcro)[/ame]
NOVA SSTO http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=58685&%20amp;package_id=124522
Nova GD-B [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2564"]Nova GD-B Upgrade[/ame]

 

[Jake]

Hey, thanks!