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Offline gtae07

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Titans Space (based on Star-raker spaceplane)
« on: 05/29/2024 01:21 pm »
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/commercial-space/startup-unveils-spaceplane-based-rockwell-star-raker


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Titans Space, a privately funded California startup, unveiled plans on May 28 for a super heavy-lift, horizontal-takeoff, horizontal-landing, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane that builds on the Rockwell International 1970s Star-Raker vehicle...

It's... ambitious, at least.  And I love the old Star-raker concept, it's so much like the 70's-80's science fiction spaceplanes I thought astronauts would be using when I was growing up.  It's what I wanted to fly as an astronaut (because I wanted to be one even into my 20s). 

I'm just not seeing it actually happen  :(
« Last Edit: 05/29/2024 01:22 pm by gtae07 »

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Re: Titans Space (based on Star-raker spaceplane)
« Reply #1 on: 05/29/2024 01:45 pm »
This will never happen, too expensive like Skylon.

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Re: Titans Space (based on Star-raker spaceplane)
« Reply #2 on: 05/29/2024 01:58 pm »
 :o

Their whole website is... something https://titansspace.com/
« Last Edit: 05/29/2024 02:08 pm by TheKutKu »

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Re: Titans Space (based on Star-raker spaceplane)
« Reply #3 on: 05/29/2024 05:31 pm »
:o

Their whole website is... something https://titansspace.com/

This is true.
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Offline Asteroza

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Re: Titans Space (based on Star-raker spaceplane)
« Reply #4 on: 05/29/2024 11:17 pm »
I kinda get the "fake company site for a student design competition concept vehicle" vibe here

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Re: Titans Space (based on Star-raker spaceplane)
« Reply #5 on: 05/30/2024 01:36 am »
So not the best perspective or effort but really? 105 meters?. Here is a comparison that is roughly to scale.  Kind of looks like a serious amount of money to get this thing anywhere near off the ground.

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Re: Titans Space (based on Star-raker spaceplane)
« Reply #6 on: 05/30/2024 01:36 pm »
:o

Their whole website is... something https://titansspace.com/

Even if they are safer, there is no data that supports a magnitude safer

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