http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/12/10/playing-catchup/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/12/10/playing-catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-39768 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:47:25 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/12/10/playing-catchup/#comment-39768 “they’d be better off supporting existing European ventures, like ARCA in Romania or Starchaser”
Please keep in mind, there is another program:
http://www.talisinstitut.de/project_enterprise_engl_ie.htm
A different approach though. Starting horizontally from the ground. Much more spectacular for the spectators than a start from a carrier (the show on the ground is an important part of a business case… spaceship is simply boring the those left on the ground) and much less logistic problems, just fill it up like a jet plane and go again. The pictures are eye catchers only , the real design is a bit different. And there is already working hardware…

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