Comments on: XCOR and other Space Access highlights http://www.newspacejournal.com/2009/04/04/xcor-and-other-space-access-highlights/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Lee Valentine http://www.newspacejournal.com/2009/04/04/xcor-and-other-space-access-highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-389578 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:46:26 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/?p=851#comment-389578 To clarify a bit,Jeff Greason was describing two different systems.

The first XCOR system capable of orbit is one using the Lynx Mark 2 with the expendable Lynx Cub upper stage. Lynx Cub is designed to launch 10-15 kg into a low Earth orbit of the customer’s choice on short notice. The Lynx/Lynx Cub will be available in about three years.

The second is a piloted, two stage, orbital vehicle. It needs a larger, and still to be developed, piloted, horizontal takeoff booster stage. That capability is farther in the future.

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