More Internal Validation of Sidemount HLV

Space Flight panel study finds alternative rocket “capable”, (includes NASA briefing charts) Orlando Sentinel
“A study done by NASA engineers at various agency centers on behalf of the U.S. Human Space Flight Review Committee has found that shuttle program manager John Shannon’s alternative to the Constellation rockets is capable and affordable. The alternative rocket is similar to the current space shuttle, except that the orbiter mounted on the side of the fuel tank is replaced by a podlike container resembling a giant car-top carrier. The design is called the Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle, or HLV, and was presented to the committee at its first public hearing June 17. … The study was done by Rick Manella for Ralph Roe, the head of NASA’s Engineering and Safety Center. Roe is working to help the presidentially appointed panel that is re-examining NASA’s man space exploration plans and taking a hard look at the Constellation Program’s Ares rockets and Orion capsule.