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Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test

http://www.space.com/22500-private-space-plane-helicopter-flight.html


Posted August 24, 2013, 16:23:34 PM	Logged

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Re: Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test

Good find that Syber, I didn't realise that SNC had got that far in development of the Deream CHaser.

I also came across this:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/boeing-capsule-interior/


Posted August 24, 2013, 20:42:58 PM Last Edit: August 24, 2013, 21:14:19 PM by DD1975	Logged

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Re: Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test

Both interesting articles.

Syber. I like the way they're harking back to the ideas in the X-24A (HL-10 from the 6 million dollar man) and X-38. Make sense to just send crew without payload as payloads are much cheaper to send on a rocket.

DD. But what does it look like? Found this, very Apollo capsule looking.


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Re: Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test

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Good find that Syber, I didn't realise that SNC had got that far in development of the Deream CHaser.

Neither did I until I came across the article. However there are seems that there are no engines installed as one can see from the second photo within the photo gallery.

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Syber. I like the way they're harking back to the ideas in the X-24A

Same here

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Make sense to just send crew without payload as payloads are much cheaper to send on a rocket.

the Dream Chaser will have a payload capacity of 7 people Tongue

LOL only joking around with ya, I agree with you 100% Wink


Posted August 25, 2013, 17:21:50 PM	Logged

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the Dream Chaser will have a payload capacity of 7 people Tongue

LOL only joking around with ya, I agree with you 100% Wink

So will Dragon, and that is on a rocket Wink


Posted August 26, 2013, 17:54:11 PM Last Edit: August 27, 2013, 18:19:26 PM by Snowcrash	Logged

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Re: Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test

Rockets are so cool Cheesy


Posted August 26, 2013, 19:49:58 PM	Logged

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Re: Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test

The thing about rockets though is that if they're having to lift "delicate cargo" (e.g. squishy humans, or other things that can't withstand higher G forces), they don't work as efficiently as they could otherwise. Granted the drop in efficiency isn't much, but it's there, and it's significant over time.