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It will help a lot and it would so much easy if someone would just copy and paste the content of the article somewhere
An article on the Phantom Express:https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-boeing-phantom-express-20180716-story.html#
“SpaceX has had its success,” she (Claire Leon, director of Loyola Marymount University’s graduate program in systems engineering and former director of the launch enterprise directorate at the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center) said.
And using a VPN isn’t against journal copyright rules? Since I’m not physically located in the US.
Quote from: wally on 07/17/2018 04:15 pmIt will help a lot and it would so much easy if someone would just copy and paste the content of the article somewhere Now that would be against the journal's copyright, wouldn't it?If you would like to read the full article and you get geographical restrictions, spend a few minutes on getting one of the many free, easy-to-use VPN tools available.Information tidbits: first test flight scheduled for 2021, AR-22's 10 hotfires in 240h, vehicle intended to measure 100' long and 62' wide vertical takeoff, horizontal landing suborbital spaceplane with a deployable expendable kick stage for orbital deliveries up to 3000 lb, composite structures have heritage from the 787 development. Launch costs aimed at <$5M, government investment at $146M plus a "significant" but undisclosed amount by Boeing.
Great article. But is AR saying that they finally achieved with the SSME what they set out to do 35 years ago? Borescoping, inspecting bolts, and the figuring out of the dry time of any moisture....this only can be accomplished now? After the program has long ended and the Orbiters are in museums? What might've been....
I don't see any mass and dimension specs on the XS-1 (Phantom Express). I wonder whether it is too heavy to be carried up by Stratolauncher. Stage with AR-22 becomes the S2, and S3 has higher payload. Or is carrying an H2 fueled spaceplane aloft underbelly too dangerous?
The glideback booster will weigh approximately 240,000 pounds when fueled.
The 100-foot-long vehicle with a 62-foot wingspan is being designed for rapid reusability similar to that of commercial aircraft, program officials said.
This concept manages to meet all three goals discussed earlier: the first stage has RTLS capability, the rocket stack can use performance-optimal staging without the constraints of the glideback concept, and there is no wasted propellant associated with the RTLS maneuver–all of the first stage propellant except for a tiny landing reserve is used for putting the upper stage onto the trajectory it wants.
You wouldn't be able to air start the AR-22 as its an SSME derivative (without signifigant modifications), see Ares I.