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Robert Clark
Mar 29, 2012, 1:19:28 PM3/29/12
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On Mar 21, 4:02 pm, dumpst...@hotmail.com wrote:
> "The Obama administration is preparing for
> a space tourism industry that is expected to
> be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of
> the Federal Aviation Administration's
> commercial space office said on Tuesday.
>
> Rocket planes and spaceships to carry
> passengers beyond the atmosphere, similar
> to the suborbital hops taken by Mercury
> astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus"
> Grissom in 1961, are being built and tested,
> with commercial flight services targeted to
> begin in 2013 or 2014.
>
> "Based on market studies, we expect to
> see this type of activity result in a $1 billion
> industry within the next 10 years," George
> Nield, associate administrator for the FAA's
> Office of Commercial Space Transportation
> testified before the House Subcommittee
> on Space and Aeronautics."
>
> See:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/space-tourism-set-takeoff-2014-faa-says-1711515...
According to this article the first suborbital test flights for
SpaceShipTwo may even start this year:
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two Relies on Carbon Composites.
Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly
3/27/2012
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&doc_id=240812&f_src=designnews_gnews
Bob Clark
> "The Obama administration is preparing for
> a space tourism industry that is expected to
> be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of
> the Federal Aviation Administration's
> commercial space office said on Tuesday.
>
> Rocket planes and spaceships to carry
> passengers beyond the atmosphere, similar
> to the suborbital hops taken by Mercury
> astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus"
> Grissom in 1961, are being built and tested,
> with commercial flight services targeted to
> begin in 2013 or 2014.
>
> "Based on market studies, we expect to
> see this type of activity result in a $1 billion
> industry within the next 10 years," George
> Nield, associate administrator for the FAA's
> Office of Commercial Space Transportation
> testified before the House Subcommittee
> on Space and Aeronautics."
>
> See:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/space-tourism-set-takeoff-2014-faa-says-1711515...
According to this article the first suborbital test flights for
SpaceShipTwo may even start this year:
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two Relies on Carbon Composites.
Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly
3/27/2012
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&doc_id=240812&f_src=designnews_gnews
Bob Clark
Robert Clark
Feb 27, 2014, 9:20:28 AM2/27/14
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"Robert Clark" <rgrego...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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their Lynx Mark I vehicle this year:
Khaki Rodway, XCOR: Lynx Mk 1 flight test program to start in 2nd quarter;
low-altitude flight tests in 3Q, high-altitude in 4Q. ?#?spaceuphou?
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/437398561135677440
XCOR is having a Q&A, today, Thursday, Feb. 27, 1pm eastern, 11am pacific
time. Post your questions on Twitter:
@XCOR: We're interviewing XCOR CEO @jeffgreason for our blog tomorrow at 11
AM Pacific time. Have questions? Reply right here.
https://twitter.com/xcor/status/438856369320382464
Or on their Facebook page:
XCOR Aerospace.
We're doing a Q&A with XCOR CEO Jeff Greason for the XCOR blog tomorrow at
11 AM Pacific time. Have questions? Drop them right here.
https://www.facebook.com/xcoraerospace?hc_location=timeline
Bob Clark
--
Single-stage-to-orbit was already shown possible 50 years ago
with the Titan II first stage.
In fact, contrary to popular belief SSTO's are actually easy.
Just use the most efficient engines and stages at the same time,
and the result will automatically be SSTO.
Blog: Http://Exoscientist.blogspot.com
news:020a2b24-f8a6-4ac7...@n5g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 21, 4:02 pm, dumpst...@hotmail.com wrote:
> "The Obama administration is preparing for
> a space tourism industry that is expected to
> be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of
> the Federal Aviation Administration's
> commercial space office said on Tuesday.
>
> Rocket planes and spaceships to carry
> passengers beyond the atmosphere, similar
> to the suborbital hops taken by Mercury
> astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus"
> Grissom in 1961, are being built and tested,
> with commercial flight services targeted to
> begin in 2013 or 2014.
>
> "Based on market studies, we expect to
> see this type of activity result in a $1 billion
> industry within the next 10 years," George
> Nield, associate administrator for the FAA's
> Office of Commercial Space Transportation
> testified before the House Subcommittee
> on Space and Aeronautics."
>
> See:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/space-tourism-set-takeoff-2014-faa-says-1711515...
According to space reporter Jeff Foust, XCOR will be begin flight tests of
> "The Obama administration is preparing for
> a space tourism industry that is expected to
> be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of
> the Federal Aviation Administration's
> commercial space office said on Tuesday.
>
> Rocket planes and spaceships to carry
> passengers beyond the atmosphere, similar
> to the suborbital hops taken by Mercury
> astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus"
> Grissom in 1961, are being built and tested,
> with commercial flight services targeted to
> begin in 2013 or 2014.
>
> "Based on market studies, we expect to
> see this type of activity result in a $1 billion
> industry within the next 10 years," George
> Nield, associate administrator for the FAA's
> Office of Commercial Space Transportation
> testified before the House Subcommittee
> on Space and Aeronautics."
>
> See:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/space-tourism-set-takeoff-2014-faa-says-1711515...
their Lynx Mark I vehicle this year:
Khaki Rodway, XCOR: Lynx Mk 1 flight test program to start in 2nd quarter;
low-altitude flight tests in 3Q, high-altitude in 4Q. ?#?spaceuphou?
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/437398561135677440
XCOR is having a Q&A, today, Thursday, Feb. 27, 1pm eastern, 11am pacific
time. Post your questions on Twitter:
@XCOR: We're interviewing XCOR CEO @jeffgreason for our blog tomorrow at 11
AM Pacific time. Have questions? Reply right here.
https://twitter.com/xcor/status/438856369320382464
Or on their Facebook page:
XCOR Aerospace.
We're doing a Q&A with XCOR CEO Jeff Greason for the XCOR blog tomorrow at
11 AM Pacific time. Have questions? Drop them right here.
https://www.facebook.com/xcoraerospace?hc_location=timeline
Bob Clark
--
Single-stage-to-orbit was already shown possible 50 years ago
with the Titan II first stage.
In fact, contrary to popular belief SSTO's are actually easy.
Just use the most efficient engines and stages at the same time,
and the result will automatically be SSTO.
Blog: Http://Exoscientist.blogspot.com
Robert Clark
May 20, 2014, 12:45:02 PM5/20/14
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Virgin Galactic appears to have acknowledged that SpaceShipTwo will not be
able to reach the full altitude of 100 km considered to be space:
SpaceShipTwo Can’t Reach 100 Km Boundary of Space.
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/05/15/spaceshiptwo-reach-100-km-boundary-space/
It is unfortunate that VG decided to use hybrid engines for SS2. If they had
used liquid engines, then they would already be flying suborbitally:
Transitioning SpaceShipTwo to liquid fueled engines: a technology driver to
reusable orbital launchers.
http://exoscientist.blogspot.com/2014/01/transitioning-spaceshiptwo-to-liquid.html
Bob Clark
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able to reach the full altitude of 100 km considered to be space:
SpaceShipTwo Can’t Reach 100 Km Boundary of Space.
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/05/15/spaceshiptwo-reach-100-km-boundary-space/
It is unfortunate that VG decided to use hybrid engines for SS2. If they had
used liquid engines, then they would already be flying suborbitally:
Transitioning SpaceShipTwo to liquid fueled engines: a technology driver to
reusable orbital launchers.
http://exoscientist.blogspot.com/2014/01/transitioning-spaceshiptwo-to-liquid.html
Bob Clark
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Robert Clark
May 21, 2014, 9:50:35 AM5/21/14
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From: Robert Clark <rgregorycl...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:18:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Old time stories about the millionaire rocket developer?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.science/browse_frm/thread/3b72e4cda04fce38/329993ecb0faeb26?hl=en
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
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I look at the progress of SpaceX and think how far we've come since the
1980's. To have a start-up go from literally nothing to four successful
cargo flights to ISS is simply amazing progress. I'm just a bit
disappointed that it's taken nearly 30 years to get there. What it
really took was a rich, and very smart, man with a "crazy" vision to put
people on Mars to make it happen. Elon Musk catches a lot of flack, but
I think he's the closest thing we've got to Tony Stark here in the real
world.
Jeff
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From: Robert Clark <rgregorycl...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:18:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Old time stories about the millionaire rocket developer?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.science/browse_frm/thread/3b72e4cda04fce38/329993ecb0faeb26?hl=en
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
news:MPG.2de578e17...@reader80.eternal-september.org...
...
I look at the progress of SpaceX and think how far we've come since the
1980's. To have a start-up go from literally nothing to four successful
cargo flights to ISS is simply amazing progress. I'm just a bit
disappointed that it's taken nearly 30 years to get there. What it
really took was a rich, and very smart, man with a "crazy" vision to put
people on Mars to make it happen. Elon Musk catches a lot of flack, but
I think he's the closest thing we've got to Tony Stark here in the real
world.
Jeff
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