Comments on: Spaceplanes, real and imagined http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/01/14/spaceplanes-real-and-imagined/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Nachrichten aus der Raumfahrt kompakt « Skyweek Zwei Punkt Null http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/01/14/spaceplanes-real-and-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-494625 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:59:07 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1374#comment-494625 […] Parabolic Arc 23.12.2010, Las Cruces Sun News, Alamogordo Daily News 9., New Space Journal 14., 16., Cosmic Log […]

]]> By: DocM http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/01/14/spaceplanes-real-and-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-491758 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:55:10 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1374#comment-491758 Large & bureaucratic + cautionary vs. lean, mean & nimble + a dose of aggression. Wonder who’ll win? :-P

]]> By: Aviation News January 16, 2011 :: N8JW http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/01/14/spaceplanes-real-and-imagined/comment-page-1/#comment-490532 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:06:21 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1374#comment-490532 […] Spaceplanes, real and imagined from Personal Spaceflight by Jeff Foust Yesterday Scaled Composites competed a fourth glide flight of SpaceShipTwo. According to the flight log all test objectives were achieved on the 11.5-minute test, the first glide flight of the suborbital spaceplane since November 17. The test log notes, among other things, that water ballast was dumped from the vehicle prior to landing, “which produced a visible contrail.” Burt Rutan had a succinct evaluation of the flight, according to SPACE.com: “Went great.” … […]

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