Elongest_Musk

Hey Tim! Thanks for doing this AMA.

So what's your opinion on the Saturn Shuttle? Do you think using a F-1 operated first stage instead of SRBs would have improved the Shuttle's design? Can you think of some problems that might have caused the designers to go the side-mounted SRBs route?

Exactly my thoughts!

I would have loved to see the two winged stages take off, it looks sooo futuristic, even for todays standards. But then again, NASA had an ever decreasing budget, so they probably went for the cheapest option: SRBs...