As ESA discuss European Manned Spaceflight was a battle between Hermes Shuttle and Capsule Fraction
Here the 1989 Proposal of ERNO "LaReCa" short for Large Ariane 5 Return Capsule
It feature:
-A large reusable Capsule for various mission
-The use of full potential of Ariane 5 rocket...
1980s
cold war
erno
federal republic of germany
mbb
mbb-erno
messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm
north atlantic treaty organisation
single-stage-to-orbit
space age
space race
ssto
west germany
western europe
The recent discussion about HERMES on Ariane 4 triggered a memory of another reusable lifting vehicle planned to be launched by Ariane 4 – the PLATO Platform Orbiter.
The PLATO concept of a small uncrewed winged reentry vehicle was developed by MBB-ERNO in the late Eighties to provide Europe...
A few years ago I saw a poster(?) of the West German space shuttle (or lifting body proposal?) ERNO (= Entwicklungsring Nord) LB 21 Bumerang inside the Peenemünde museum. After this 'meeting' I never saw it again, neither in books nor in magazines.
Who can help with details (illustrations...
1970s
cold war
dornier
erno
federal republic of germany
france
junkers flugzeug- und motorenwerke ag
mbb
mbb-erno
space age
space race
west germany
western europe
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