Here's my article, using some of the good L2 info we had, with the media releases and a bit more L2 info.http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/dream-chaser-eyes-rides-with-under-review-stratolaunch-system/
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 10/01/2014 10:15 pmHere's my article, using some of the good L2 info we had, with the media releases and a bit more L2 info.http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/dream-chaser-eyes-rides-with-under-review-stratolaunch-system/Thought this deserved its own thread, as it is essentially a new vehicle, at about half the mass.
I say we call her Dream Chaser MK II for now...
Quote from: Burninate on 10/02/2014 05:28 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 10/01/2014 10:15 pmHere's my article, using some of the good L2 info we had, with the media releases and a bit more L2 info.http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/dream-chaser-eyes-rides-with-under-review-stratolaunch-system/Thought this deserved its own thread, as it is essentially a new vehicle, at about half the mass.Hey I gave you your 100th like! I say we call her Dream Chaser MK II for now...
A person known as n0mad23 envisioned a fictional modified version of the X-37B (for a story he was writing) that would carry two astronauts and be air-launched from a modified B-52.
Rather than it be called a "smaller" Dream Chaser. It should be the sports version or the coupe.Also (looking for the silver lining) the fact that it carry's half the passengers could be seen as a good thing. As, compared to the "standard" Dream Chaser launched on a Atlas 5, The Dream Chaser coupe doubles the flight rate.Once you've got the Stratolaunch it make sense to use it as often as possible.
Dragon Slayer
What I'd really love to see come out of this is a more VIABLE Stratolaunch LV design coupled with the smaller DC design but I'm seriously doubting that's going to happen.Randy
Quote from: RanulfC on 10/16/2014 08:59 pmWhat I'd really love to see come out of this is a more VIABLE Stratolaunch LV design coupled with the smaller DC design but I'm seriously doubting that's going to happen.What's more viable?
What I'd really love to see come out of this is a more VIABLE Stratolaunch LV design coupled with the smaller DC design but I'm seriously doubting that's going to happen.
Let me know if this sounds familiar;TSTO lifting body launches with booster from a mother ship, carrying two or three to orbit. If you guessed a mini-Dream Chaser, you'd be correct.If it was thirty some-odd years ago, a small turbojet for powered landings and variable wings for subsonic flight were added, you'd probably guess SPIRAL. This design first flew - flown, not glided - as the Mig-105 and later the suborbital BOR testbeds with revised wings.
Quote from: Prober on 10/15/2014 02:11 amDragon Slayer 3-passengers versus 7 and something like twice the cost? Not seeing that as a viable name Randy
Quote from: RanulfC on 10/16/2014 08:54 pmQuote from: Prober on 10/15/2014 02:11 amDragon Slayer 3-passengers versus 7 and something like twice the cost? Not seeing that as a viable name 3-4 passengers might have been a more viable spacecraft.
Quote from: Prober on 10/15/2014 02:11 amDragon Slayer 3-passengers versus 7 and something like twice the cost? Not seeing that as a viable name
Rather than it be called a "smaller" Dream Chaser. It should be the sports version or the coupe.
Also (looking for the silver lining) the fact that it carry's half the passengers could be seen as a good thing. As, compared to the "standard" Dream Chaser launched on a Atlas 5, The Dream Chaser coupe doubles the flight rate.Once you've got the Stratolaunch it make sense to use it as often as possible.
This isn't a new article but it has some encourging quotes on the chances that Paul Allen will choose DC as its spacecraft. Quote“The whole point of Stratolaunch is to open up and really allow a fuller exploitation (of space) commercially,” said Stratolaunch executive director Charles Beames. The Dream Chaser is something like a “space Corvette,” he added. “It has Paul’s attention. He’s very excited about it.” Allen is expected to make a decision about whether to partner with Sierra Nevada before the end of the year, Beames added.http://sen.com/news/paul-allen-s-stratolaunch-eyes-sierra-nevada-dream-chaser-space-plane
“The whole point of Stratolaunch is to open up and really allow a fuller exploitation (of space) commercially,” said Stratolaunch executive director Charles Beames. The Dream Chaser is something like a “space Corvette,” he added. “It has Paul’s attention. He’s very excited about it.” Allen is expected to make a decision about whether to partner with Sierra Nevada before the end of the year, Beames added.
See post below: Quote from: yg1968 on 10/30/2014 03:46 pmThis isn't a new article but it has some encourging quotes on the chances that Paul Allen will choose DC as its spacecraft. Quote“The whole point of Stratolaunch is to open up and really allow a fuller exploitation (of space) commercially,” said Stratolaunch executive director Charles Beames. The Dream Chaser is something like a “space Corvette,” he added. “It has Paul’s attention. He’s very excited about it.” Allen is expected to make a decision about whether to partner with Sierra Nevada before the end of the year, Beames added.http://sen.com/news/paul-allen-s-stratolaunch-eyes-sierra-nevada-dream-chaser-space-plane
Quote from: yg1968 on 11/13/2014 01:12 pmSee post below: Quote from: yg1968 on 10/30/2014 03:46 pmThis isn't a new article but it has some encourging quotes on the chances that Paul Allen will choose DC as its spacecraft. Quote“The whole point of Stratolaunch is to open up and really allow a fuller exploitation (of space) commercially,” said Stratolaunch executive director Charles Beames. The Dream Chaser is something like a “space Corvette,” he added. “It has Paul’s attention. He’s very excited about it.” Allen is expected to make a decision about whether to partner with Sierra Nevada before the end of the year, Beames added.http://sen.com/news/paul-allen-s-stratolaunch-eyes-sierra-nevada-dream-chaser-space-planeFrom the article:"Stratolaunch’s Dream Chaser would be about 75 percent smaller, with seating for a pilot and up to two passengers, or a combination of passengers and crew."75 percent smaller, wow, that is going to be one tiny spaceship.
IIRC didn't someone point out that part of the inspiration for the DC itself was the Mig/BOR? Randy
Speculation: could scaled DC use a miniature docking system, requiring the ISS to host an adapter?
Quote from: Kaputnik on 11/26/2014 09:49 pmSpeculation: could scaled DC use a miniature docking system, requiring the ISS to host an adapter?Then it would essentially be dedicated to DC. Also, it is something would have to be brought up on another vehicle.Lots of added cost for an adpator to a station that many partner nations seem to be disinterested in now due to the recurring costs and limited national budgets. It's a rather sad situation.