The Sea Dragon was a 1962 conceptualized design study for a two-stage sea-launched orbital super heavy-lift launch vehicle.The project was led by Robert Truax while working at Aerojet, one of a number of designs he created that were to be launched by floating the rocket in the ocean.Although there was some interest at both NASA and …

Mar 2, 2021 · The Sea Dragon was a cheap, powerful and partially reusable rocket concept from 1962. Sadly, it didn’t go past the drawing board. No textures, just materials.

Sep 2, 2024 · Called Sea Dragon, this concept originated from exploring low-cost, large payload space transportation. Its design, massive in every scale even for rockets, leveraged shipbuilding techniques...

Apr 20, 2023 · The missing Sea Dragon rocket volume two. Obtained from NASA through a freedom of information act request.

Jan 23, 2025 · Imagine a rocket so massive it dwarfs any ever built, capable of launching payloads into orbit straight from the oceans. This was the Sea Dragon, a colossal concept from the 1960s, a bold...

Mar 15, 2023 · Based on the sketches provided by Scott Lowther from the NASA Archives I have modelled a 1:1 Scale version of the Sea Dragon rocket.

Jul 23, 2019 · Comments Off on The Sea Dragon – visualised from 1962 blueprints. Visualised from original 1962 blueprints. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket)

Jan 20, 2025 · NASA began searching for more inexpensive alternatives based on the idea that it is cheaper to create and maintain bigger, simpler designs of rockets than complex, efficient designs (hence the term...

May 14, 2020 · Sea Dragon was a 1962 design study for a two-stage sea-launched orbital super heavy-lift vehicle. It is the largest launch vehicle ever conceived and the second largest in terms of low Earth orbit payload capacity.

Forget the Saturn V; the Sea Dragon was in a league of its own. Imagine a rocket towering over 500 feet tall and spanning over 70 feet wide. This behemoth was designed to haul a staggering 550 tons into orbit – that's like launching a fully loaded cruise ship into space!