by Rob Coppinger | Oct 27, 2009 | commercial launch services, Space Shuttle, Technology
Hyperbola Hyperbola and Flightglobal will report further on this Emdrive propulsion system and its applications later this week but for now here is a picture of the spaceplane proposed by Emdrive’s UK inventor
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 11, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, COTS, ESA, exploration, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Orion, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, Space Shuttle, Space tourism, Technology, Virgin Galactic
So Hyperbola has finally touched down in Daejeon in south Korea, after a scorching reentry from the Oort cloud, or was that just the effect of the Korean spicy Kimchi pickle and the even more spicy red pepper paste, Kochu Chang, they put on most of their food? Either...
by Rob Coppinger | Aug 3, 2009 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion, Russia, Space Shuttle
Hyperbola understands that the following will be options in the US Review of human spaceflight plans committee report that is to be about 100-pages long;A Space Shuttle extension with more flights beyond any “stretching out” of the current manifest The...
by Rob Coppinger | Jul 17, 2009 | Space Shuttle
Go here to download the update that chairman of the Review of US human spaceflight plans committee Norman Augustine gave to the media on 17 July 2009 and go here to hear the question and answer session
by Rob Coppinger | Jul 7, 2009 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion, Space Shuttle, Technology
So now we see that some parts of the media are getting all excited about the Shuttle derived Heavy Lift Vehicle. This presentation is, Hyperbola thinks, from the NASA technical team that is reviewing the original work carried out by the Space Shuttle Programme (SSP)...
by Rob Coppinger | Jun 24, 2009 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, NASA, Space Shuttle, Technology
Speaking to NASA Space Shuttle programme office manager and shuttle derived heavy lift vehicle proponent John Shannon today he expressed views on the outcome of the Norman Augustine led review that could cheer some but perhaps concern a lot more”There is...