MIGBUS suborbital system

[ucon]

Another lost programme - Migbus.

 

[turboshaft]

Aerotime has a good feature on the MIGBUS: How Airbus tried to use this fighter jet for space tourism

Accompanying video here:

Much of the piece is based on a review of the system's patent application, which includes details of the system's rocket booster and the parachute escape system ("And if you look out of the right hand side of the capsule, you can see the pilot ejecting from the MiG-25...").

 

[publiusr]

I’d rather ride in this than Branson’s POS.
Forget the Karmin line.

Maybe Starship needs that for a side cockpit—then it really would be Zarkov’s rocket from 1980’s Filmation FLASH GORDON.

 

[Byeman]

I’d rather ride in this than Branson’s POS.
Forget the Karmin line.

Maybe Starship needs that for a side cockpit—then it really would be Zarkov’s rocket from 1980’s Filmation FLASH GORDON.

Bias and uninformed.