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HOTOL: Britain's Spaceplane by Dan Sharp
HOTOL: Britain’s Spaceplane by Dan Sharp Now available for pre-order here: HOTOL: Britain's Spaceplane Tempest Books ISBN: 9781911704294 Format: Hardback Pages: 424 The start of Space Shuttle operations in 1981 marked a new era in spaceflight – with the five orbiters launching numerous...- newsdeskdan
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- 1980s british aerospace plc cold war department of trade and industry early 1990s great britain ministry of defence post-cold war rolls-royce royal aircraft establishment single-stage-to-orbit space age space race spaceplane ssto strategic defense initiative
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- Forum: Books & Marketplace
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Space Engine Systems"SEXBOMB" Hypersonic Demonstrator
LOL. Looks like this company didn't shy away from getting a bit creative with the naming scheme, because of course a drone that proudly displays a "SEXBOMB" livery traveling at hypersonic speeds while the surface temperature of its skin raises sounds sexy :D... -
Radian SSTO Spaceplane
Here we go again, folks. Aerospace company chasing VC money with promise of a miracle -- SSTO from a runway to space and back. This time, for sure, Rocky. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/radian-announces-plans-to-build-one-of-the-holy-grails-of-spaceflight/- TomS
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- aeronautics research center (air force academy) aerospace aerospace industry cold war ii early 2020s radian aerospace single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane ssto united states united states air force
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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X-30A COPPER CANYON and Tupolev Tu-2000A
My 3D models of two comparable 1980s SSTO projects: This one is meant to represent the "Government baseline" vehicle that was the end result of the $5.5-million COPPER CANYON study program run in 1984-1985, and input for NASP Phase 2. It was scaled up somewhat from the initial "du Pont...- Tuomasn
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- cold war soviet union spaceplane united states usa ussr
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- Forum: User Artwork and Models
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LASL ASPEN (Aerospace Plane With Nuclear Engines) SSTO (1961)
ASPEN BACKGROUND In the 1950s and 1960s, many potential uses of nuclear power were explored, such as NTRs. An NTR uses a nuclear reactor to heat a working fluid, such as hydrogen, and exhaust this fluid in a nozzle for thrust. Many studies of this technology were conducted, and prototypes were...- flateric
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- cold war early 1960s los alamos scientific laboratory nasa nuclear powered aircraft nuclear rockets ramjet single-stage-to-orbit space race spaceplane ssto turbojet united states united states air force
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- Forum: Secret Space Projects
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Secret Projects: Military Space Technology by Bill Rose
I must preface this first look review by saying that, while I'm interested in space technology, its not my speciality, so I'm approaching this book from this angle. Bill Rose has put together a well written and nicely illustrated book on various military space projects. Its 192 pages long and...- overscan (PaulMM)
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- anti-satellite cold war early 21st century electronic warfare elint great britain late 20th century nasa photographic reconnaissance post-cold war signals intelligence soviet union space weapons spaceplane ssto strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance third reich united states world war ii
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- Forum: Books & Marketplace
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Reaction Engines SABRE engine (Skylon Spaceplane)
I've seen the Reaction Engines Ltd Skylon spaceplane mentioned a few times already but I think it deserves it's own thread. It looks cool and will only cost £10 billion(ish) to develop, so if it wasn't designed in Great Britain 'the land of lost opportunties' it would probably get built ;) It...- SteveO
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- cold war cold war ii great britain hypersonic nasa post-cold war reaction engines limited space age space race spaceplane synergetic air breathing rocket engine uk space agency uksa united kingdom
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- Forum: Propulsion