Space planes 'to meet big demand'

[Notebook]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7298511.stm

Aerospace giant EADS says it will need a production line of rocket planes to satisfy the space tourism market.

Maybe they could use the A380 when thats finished...

N.

 

[willy88]

I smell DG...

 

[Bj]

I smell DG...

wouldnt that be cool

 

[silent_protagonist]

I think it's interesting that they've figured out how to make a mach 3 aircraft with long, straight wings. Though I guess that for most of that time it'll be holding a high AOA for braking, so maybe the planform isn't really an issue until it's moving slower.

 

[Cosmos]

It finally looks like more countries are getting involved. Now we just need for Burt Rutan to get the ball rolling. Does anyone know when he's supposed to launch SS2?

 

[thomasantony]

Well it would have started the launches later this year if it was not for that explosion at Scaled. It may be delayed by as much as an year.

BTW, India is also developing a spaceplane by the name of AVATAR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVATAR_(spacecraft)

~
Thomas

 

[Cosmos]

That AVATAR looks good, but I wish some country would dream big, I'm ready to fly in this.

 

[Notebook]

Also a contender is http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/

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[n0mad23]

I'm betting that India's going to be the first to really pull it off.

Ganesh beats St. Christopher for travelers hands (trunks) down. That's just the kind of patron deity you need for space tourism.

Scoff if you want, but how many of you have some sort of "lucky" object hanging from your windshield mirror?

 

[thomasantony]

I'm betting that India's going to be the first to really pull it off.

Ganesh beats St. Christopher for travelers hands (trunks) down. That's just the kind of patron deity you need for space tourism.

Scoff if you want, but how many of you have some sort of "lucky" object hanging from your windshield mirror?

LOL . . I was not aware Ganesha was a patron deity of travel. .

~
Thomas