Jim, is this a viable concept?
Quote from: Jim on 12/13/2011 06:04 pmQuote from: Robotbeat on 12/13/2011 06:02 pmQuote from: Jim on 12/13/2011 05:58 pmQuote from: Robotbeat on 12/13/2011 05:49 pm (and they seem to want to get away from gov't launch sites).How many airports have 12,000 ft runways?Not many... But still a lot easier to take-off from an airport than launch from a launch site, private or not. One of the strengths of airlaunch.How many airports can support spacecraft processing and propellant loading?KSC and Vandenberg come to mind. Not much else.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 12/13/2011 06:02 pmQuote from: Jim on 12/13/2011 05:58 pmQuote from: Robotbeat on 12/13/2011 05:49 pm (and they seem to want to get away from gov't launch sites).How many airports have 12,000 ft runways?Not many... But still a lot easier to take-off from an airport than launch from a launch site, private or not. One of the strengths of airlaunch.How many airports can support spacecraft processing and propellant loading?
Quote from: Jim on 12/13/2011 05:58 pmQuote from: Robotbeat on 12/13/2011 05:49 pm (and they seem to want to get away from gov't launch sites).How many airports have 12,000 ft runways?Not many... But still a lot easier to take-off from an airport than launch from a launch site, private or not. One of the strengths of airlaunch.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 12/13/2011 05:49 pm (and they seem to want to get away from gov't launch sites).How many airports have 12,000 ft runways?
(and they seem to want to get away from gov't launch sites).
curious,boil off issues while getting to launch altitude?jb
Quote from: Jason1701 on 12/13/2011 06:16 pmJim, is this a viable concept?Do you mean technically or financially?
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This notion of "anytime, any orbit, any place" is ridiculous. This is no different from any other rocket here. They will not be launching this thing over land in the US, and they still can't go polar from the east coast or east from the west coast. And as Jim said, facilities.
Quote from: jabe on 12/13/2011 06:18 pmcurious,boil off issues while getting to launch altitude?jbShouldn't be a big problem. Just LOX, no LH2.
6 747 engines? Or you could say 6 787 engines, Or 6 General Electric Genx, Or 6 Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines. Saying 747 is just trying to puff it up and make it look bigger.
Shouldn't this be able to do polar after taking off from the Cape? It can go very long range before drop-launch, so should be able to line it up mid-ocean aiming for the Arctic. - Ed Kyle