Comments on: More on the new Dream Chaser

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By: Tobias Holbrook

Tobias Holbrook — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:36:52 +0000

This craft design won’t go orbital. The Dream Chaser orbital vehicle is still the same design. This craft is a redesign to make it work for suborbit.

By: john

john — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:53:04 +0000

How much would it cost if you built one to stay in orbit for a few years

By: Personal Spaceflight » Requests for info

Personal Spaceflight » Requests for info — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:06:01 +0000

[…] to the Rockets Away! Media site without further explanation. Benson Space was active last year, including a new design for its suborbital vehicle at the ISDC in Dallas last May; there had been little in the way of updates since the summer, […]

By: Personal Spaceflight » Benson’s low-G reentry plan

Personal Spaceflight » Benson’s low-G reentry plan — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:28:32 +0000

[…] his speech at the ISDC in May, Jim Benson said that the reentry forces that his company’s redesigned suborbital spacecraft […]

By: ISDC News Wrap-up - Out of the Cradle

ISDC News Wrap-up - Out of the Cradle — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:19:43 +0000

[…] New Benson Space Vehicle Design The next orbital space tourist… Virgin and Rocketplane notes More on the Dream Chaser The importance of Plan B (and Plan C, and Plan Dâ€¦) Spudis: what NASA is doing right and wrong […]

By: Astrolink [Global Edition] » Astrosphere for May 28, 2007 | Latest astronomy news in 11 languages

Mon, 28 May 2007 22:56:40 +0000

[…] And Jeff Faust from Personal Spaceflight has news on Jim Benson’s new Dream Chaser spacecraft. […]

By: PC Rudy

PC Rudy — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:33:09 +0000

Will Spacedev still be able to go orbital with this new design? I wonder if the re-design will affect their plans with Lockheed to perch Dreamchaser atop an Atlas V?

By: Peter Shearer

Peter Shearer — Sun, 27 May 2007 15:31:10 +0000

If you look closely at the Solidworks drawing of their new design you can see the drag panels (3 or 4 of them) nestled between the horizontal and vertical stabilizers. Presumably they extend out to a certain degree and act as “shuttlecocks.” Which means the vehicle comes down NOSE FIRST… Hmmm…

Curious how they’re going to do the seating arrangment with the straight up vertical launch and straight down reentry.

Not too sure about the vertical ground based launch either. Are solid hybrid rockets stable enough? If it has wings why not take off horizontally?

6 rocket engines the size of SS1? Is that the cost of launching vertically? Six times the power? Maybe they should beg Burt to build them a mothership?

2 hour turnaround? It’s a spacecraft, it will need a thorough inspection before every launch with plenty of time to refresh and install new motors and triple check for safety. Not to mention reset it on the launch tower! 2 hour turnaround seems to be rushing it a bit much for my tastes.

He believes he can beat Scaled/Virgin to the punch? First rule of marketing “Don’t promise what you can’t deliver, it destroys morale, enthuisiasm and credibility.” …But then again I do like the “Go get ‘em” attitude…

Go for it! Just don’t get anyone killed in your hurry…