Various US Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) Projects

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Currently for sale HERE on eBay ...

 

[bigvlada]

Oh, Chrysler SERV

 

[hesham]

We still love the early concepts;

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[flateric]

from Smithsonian collection

 

[hesham]

Hi,


here is a delta body space shuttle orbiter from Lockheed.


http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.60203

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Good closeups of the classic Feb 10, 1947 nationally run Sacramento Bee article on moon flight. As run in the Milwaukee Journal:https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19470210&id=VB0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BSUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3021,4282102&hl=en

 

[RAP]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-1963-Martin-Aircraft-Co-Concept-Photo-Spaceship-Spac-wbr-ecraft-8-034-x-10-034-/351557435342?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276

 

[Barrington Bond]

 

[pavel]

Lockheed

 

[hesham]

Nice find Pavel.

 

[pavel]

thank you sir!

 

[pavel]

Frontiers

 

[hesham]

Hi,

can we consider this Marshall Space Flight Center's vehicle,an early Space Shuttle concept ?.

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19631202/17/2

 

[abheiden]

is that a booster under that shuttle??
After that extra trolley launch speed , do you still need a booster???

 

[TomS]

Check the linked article and its continuation here:

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19631202/18/2

Yes, it's a two-stage vehicle (2.5 counting the trolley?) with both flying stages being reusable horizontal landing vehicles. The trolley gets the combined vehicle to flying speed (guessing 200 knots or so) but there's still a long way to go from there to space so the booster gets it part of the way and it stages so the smaller vehicle can make orbit.

 

[mz]

I've always wondered about the Lockheed Star Clipper. Seems as if it was grossly optimistic, or then payload would have been very small. It would have had to lug all the takeoff engines to orbit. Think Space Shuttle without the boosters and many times the engines. An SSME weighs about 3.5 t and you would have to enlarge the tank... I'm having trouble seeing how it could work without shedding engines on the way.

 

[hesham]

Maybe early space shuttle concept ?;

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19561105/17/2

 

[archipeppe]

Maybe early space shuttle concept ?;

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19561105/17/2

Not seriously, it looks alike some mid 50's speculation,
Definitely not related with the various Shuttle Phases (A, B, etc.) raised up by Nixon starting by 1969.

 

[Michel Van]

remember this picture ?
it's cover for Study about Shuttle unmanned upper stage and it use as Chemical version of Reusable Nuclear Shuttle
here the PDF

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740013405.pdf

 

[hesham]

What was this ?.

 

[Michel Van]

What was this ?.

Some very bad illustration of Lockheed Star Clipper and it's Agena Space tug

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Michel.

 

[Bill S]

Here is a Low Speed Wind Tunnel Model of the Lockheed Star Clipper during tests at LTV
VAHF image

 

[Bill S]

A couple of NASA Shuttle Low Speed Wind Tunnel tests at LTV
VAHF images

 

[Michel Van]

A couple of NASA Shuttle Low Speed Wind Tunnel tests at LTV
VAHF images

very interesting, they study low speed aerodynamics during landing
note on first picture the model has canard wings near cockpit.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Interesting image among those recently posted by the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) on their Flickr photostream. It appears to be a re-purposing of their VSX (S-3) proposal mock-up as a nominal "Space Shuttle" cockpit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/29523927802/

Here's a link to the Convair VSX images in the same photostream for comparison:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=interestingness-desc&safe_search=1&text=vsxproposal&view_all=1

 

[Boxman]

San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) has also recently posted additional photos of the Convair/General Dynamics B9U fly-back booster cockpit mock-up that was examined by the likes of Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Hank Hartsfield, Thomas Stafford, Gordon Fullerton, and others. Spare for Fullerton and Hartsfield (who recently passed), it would be interesting to learn from any of the others what their thoughts were about the B9U concept.

Here's a link to the B9U mock-up photos and illustrations posted within the SDASM's collection at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&tags=b9u&user_id=49487266%40N07&view_all=1

And here are some of the B9U-related photos recently posted:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/29012961263/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/29555929101/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/29523147702/

 

[RAP]

Seller states this is a hypersonic passenger jet but it looks more like an early shuttle design to me.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aviation-collectibles-/122247728829?hash=item1c76884ebd:g:BCkAAOSwB09YPek8

 

[Michel Van]

That earlier Shuttle Design from Rockwell/Convair

 

[hesham]

We still like this stuff.

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[hesham]

Hi,

did we send it here before ?.

http://p-d-m.livejournal.com/502215.html

 

[hesham]

Did we send this pictures before ?.

http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com.eg/2017/02/

 

[hesham]

And;

 

[Moose]

Nice model pictures, Hesham, sure was a sport-looking concept.

 

[hesham]

Thank you Moose.

 

[Triton]

Model of Lockheed Space Shuttle found on eBay.

Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Proposed-NASA-Space-Shuttle-Design-Lockheed-Manufacturers-Desk-Model-Lot-5/112564344777?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41375%26meid%3D5d94738772894c619483720727e1e73e%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D112564344777&_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042

 

[Triton]

Artist's impression of Grumman/Boeing H-33 space shuttle concept photo found on eBay.

Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPACE-SHUTTLE-Original-NASA-8x10-Press-Photo-Early-Artist-Concept-/202059976722?hash=item2f0bb69012:g:lskAAOSw4P1ZwYJq

 

[RAP]

Great find. Thanks.

 

[hesham]

Artist's impression of Grumman/Boeing H-33 space shuttle concept photo found on eBay.

Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPACE-SHUTTLE-Original-NASA-8x10-Press-Photo-Early-Artist-Concept-/202059976722?hash=item2f0bb69012:g:lskAAOSw4P1ZwYJq

My dear Jemiba,

there is a better topic,specially for H-33,here;

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8626.msg204697.html#msg204697

 

[fightingirish]

Space Shuttle and space station with a space walker and earth in the background by artist Kaeding

Source: https://flic.kr/p/YR3xFv

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