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t/Space Demonstrates New Air-Launch Method
FleaPlus writes "Last month t/Space, an organization with plans for constructing a simple, low-cost successor to the Space Shuttle, was mentioned on Slashdot. Recently t/Space used a portion of the concept study funds it had been awarded by NASA to also build and test actual hardware. They performed three weeks of drop tests of a 23%-scale model from a Scaled Composites Proteus carrier aircraft to demonstrate the feasibility of a new air launch method they had devised, dubbed 'Trapeze-Lanyard Air Drop.' The new method eliminates the need for wings on air-launched rockets, potentially leading to improved safety and cost-effectiveness. Last month at a space conference they also displayed a full-scale model of their vehicle. Unfortunately, with the recent selection of Boeing/Northrop-Grumman and Lockheed-Martin as the two competing teams for the contract to build the Shuttle's successor, t/Space's future path is somewhat uncertain."
..dubbed 'Trapeze-Lanyard Air Drop.'
..I'm pretty sure I saw this on Jackass..
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Was it just me, or did anyone else read that as a Scaled Composites Protoss Carrier aircraft? I guess we better start building our Science Vessels!
Nor do I =)
Which is why the dark part of me WISHES for a war with China, in SPACE!!
Of course its just a foolish thought, but wouldnt it be awesome, I mean after all the death and destruction, just think of all the new technological advancements that would come! Heck, even a Cold War would be good. Very few die, and we still get the good tech!!!
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eh eh they think they have everything
now if they could only design some 23% scale modeled astronauts t/Space would be in business.