Date: 2016-09-10 10:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] averros.livejournal.com
The explanation is simple: money. One booster is cheaper than two boosters, and it has enough thrust for the mission.

The main engine is Soviet RD-180 with 8 degrees of thrust vectoring, which is sufficient for asymmetry compensation.

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