EADS Astrium spaceplane

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EADS Astrium spaceplane

30 January 2011, 13:56

Sort of like SS2 but no carrier plane - it flies up using turbofans, coasts at 100km in microgravity, then returns for a powered landing. The downside is that it carries fewer passengers. Operationally it's more like XCOR's Lynx, but Lynx uses pure rocket power.

The rocket will be a detuned evolution of EA's Vulcain engine, which is used for satellite launches.

Aviation Week....

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30 January 2011, 14:16

Doc your 2nd image link is broken (says stealing is bad in Russian).
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30 January 2011, 17:19

See what I can do....

OK, see if it works now....

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