Talk:Atlas (rocket family)
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This article needs more work. But having Atlas rocket redirect to Atlas (missile) didn't convey to readers the full sense of what "Atlas" refers to! Sdsds 11:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What's the same?
Back in the days of the Atlas I, I was really "into" rockets and spacecraft. I'm now officially out of it, so this may be a naive question. But what is the same about the Atlas I and the Atlas V? The 1 1/2 staging is gone and replaced by a very different two stage design, it uses a different booster engine, the tanks are different, the manufacturer is new, and surely the guidance system bears no resemblance. I guess the first stage fuel and oxidizer are the same, but besides that? (Oh, and the name.) Heck, it looks more like a Titan III... (This is not a criticism of the article, just maybe a question the article could address.) Mcswell (talk) 04:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
- Right! Not even the name of the manufacturer is the same. We can speculate that some of the engineering and manufacturing culture remained through the evolution, But Atlas V essentially looks like a new vehicle. The question is, does the "Atlas Evolution" chart show this properly? It starts with Atlas II, which used the stage-and-a-half design, and shows the changes. Is there some reliable source we could cite that underscores how much changed during this evolution? (sdsds - talk) 06:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
