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Title: X-34 might fly again
Post by: starchasercowboy on 05/25/2019 06:30 pm

There is an ad on the back of the Aerotech news that is looking for crew and engineers that worked on the X-34 program.  I remember last year seeing an ad for sale, in Lancaster, CA. They were in very bad shape.

Title: Re: X-34 might fly again
Post by: Kryten on 05/25/2019 08:40 pm

 KI space systems' website is down and it is unclear if it was ever actually up (it's not on internet archive), but they have a twitter account (https://twitter.com/kispacesystems1) which is... interesting to look at, particularly if you check their likes and replies. Suffice to say it does not seem particularly professional.

Title: Re: X-34 might fly again
Post by: jstrotha0975 on 05/25/2019 08:45 pm

X-34 as replacement for Pegasus?

Title: Re: X-34 might fly again
Post by: brickmack on 05/26/2019 05:11 pm

Scrolling down through it, the only relevant thing I saw was an illustration of a rebranded VentureStar https://twitter.com/kispacesystems1/status/1043579917303078912 If they're serious at all (doubtful) they're probably trying to gather talent from reusable spaceplane projects in general, not making an X-34 clone specifically

When was this ad placed? The current edition?

Title: Re: X-34 might fly again
Post by: russianhalo117 on 05/26/2019 07:15 pm

Kinda seems like someone took over the site and social media accounts and might not be real.

Title: Re: X-34 might fly again
Post by: russianhalo117 on 05/26/2019 07:18 pm

Quote from: Kryten on 05/25/2019 08:40 pm

KI space systems' website is down and it is unclear if it was ever actually up (it's not on internet archive), but they have a twitter account (https://twitter.com/kispacesystems1) which is... interesting to look at, particularly if you check their likes and replies. Suffice to say it does not seem particularly professional.

DNS check says domain expired long ago.