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    Martin Marietta SSTO ( Space Shuttle Competitor)

    I am doing research regarding Martin Marietta Single stage to Orbit vehicle. I have not found much information online and was wondering if anyone had any information. All I have found is the NASA Contractor report. Thank you
  2. newsdeskdan

    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: 300 The start of Space Shuttle operations in 1981 marked a new era in spaceflight – with the five orbiters launching numerous...
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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
  3. TheKutKu

    Euclid ULLV SSTO

    I stumbled upon this while reading Edward Hujsak's 1994 The Future of U.S. Rocketry. ULLV stands for "Ultra Large Launch Vehicle" This is a concept by the "Perigee West Company of La Jolla, California", which Edward Hujsak happened to be the president of, the company got several hundred...
    • TheKutKu
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    • cold war department of defense early 1990s heavy lift vehicle late 1980s nasa nuclear rockets post-cold war single-stage-to-orbit ssto super-heavy-launch-vehic ullv united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  4. TomS

    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
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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    Boeing & North American Rockwell "Windjammer"SSTO

    The other day I was looking at some space proposals from the past and I stumbled upon this beautiful SSTO. I have only been able to find one source that gave some details about it and I'm very much hoping that you guys can help get more details/drawings on this proposal. "The ”Windjammer”...
    • 7Daniel13
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    • 1970s boeing hthl nasa north american rockwell proposal space plane space race ssto united states united states air force windjammer
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. Michel Van

    ARCA Haas 2CA rocket (SSTO with aerospike engine)

    ARCA Space Corporation is a New Mexico-based aerospace company It was founded in 1999 as a non-governmental organization in Romania by Dumitru Popescu That want to build a SSTO that launch 100 kg (220lbs) of payload to low earth orbit. it feature a linear Aerospike engine called "Executor" is...
    • Michel Van
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    • 2000s 2010s 2020s 20th century 21st century aerospace industry late 1990s new mexico romania romanian cosmonautics and aeronautics association single-stage-to-orbit ssto united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  7. flateric

    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
  8. B

    MBB/ERNO (Einstufiger) LuftAtmender Raketen-Träger (LART)

    Spaceflight News , August Year ?
    • Barrington Bond
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    • 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
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. hesham

    NASA/Langley SpaceJet Concept

    Hi, here is a shuttle concept using detachable turbojet.
    • hesham
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    • cold war nasa nasa langley research center single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. overscan (PaulMM)

    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
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  11. Michel Van

    Douglas ROMBUS

    Philip Bono master piece "Reusable Orbital Module-Booster & Utility Shuttle"from 1964 http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rombus.htm is SSTO (VTOVL) with payload 450 tons in 185 km Orbit. with a plug nozzle rocket engine design, used also as heat shield during atmospheric reentry. most of LH2 fuel...
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war deep space probes douglas aircraft company douglas aircraft company missile & space division heavy lift vehicle mars moon moonbase nasa single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto
    • Replies: 120
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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