by Rob Coppinger | May 30, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight
This Dassault Aviation video gives a good overview of how its Vehicule Reutillsable Aeroporte (VEHRA)/Airbus launch system would operate to launch satellites. For images and information about the suborbital manned version of VEHRA and Black Diamond, presented here at...
by Rob Coppinger | May 30, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight
JAXA has selected reference system two for further work and in the extended portion of this blog post has the timetable for its development
by Rob Coppinger | May 30, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight
At the International Academy of Astronautics’ symposium on private human access to space, on Thursday, Mark Hempsell of the University of Bristol, and a consultant to Culham, Oxfordshire based-Reaction Engines, which designed Skylon, set out a business plan for...
by Rob Coppinger | May 29, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight
According to Oleg Ventsokvsky in 2004 and 2005 Yuzhnoye Design Office “conjointly with RSC Energia carried out feasibility studies” to launch Kliper using Yuzhnoye’s Zenit two-stage rocket The Zenit was designed to be man rated and I understand that...
by Rob Coppinger | May 29, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight
click through to the extended section for more details about the next step in MHI’s spaceplane work, a small reusable vehicle The image aboves shows the MHI spaceplane in various views with some basic data such as a payload of 1,000kg (2,200lb) This image refers...
