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Old September 21st 10, 04:57 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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Default Air Force Study Points to Reusable Orbiter

"Newly declassified details of the analysis
behind the U.S. Air Force's decision to opt
for a next-generation Reusable Booster
System (RBS) reveal a long-term preference
for a rocket-based, combined-cycle upper-
stage orbiter over the nearer-term expendable
solution."

See:

http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,220472,00.html
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Old September 22nd 10, 04:08 PM posted to sci.space.policy
William Mook[_2_]
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Default Air Force Study Points to Reusable Orbiter

On Sep 21, 11:57*am, wrote:
"Newly declassified details of the analysis
behind the U.S. Air Force's decision to opt
for a next-generation Reusable Booster
System (RBS) reveal a long-term preference
for a rocket-based, combined-cycle upper-
stage orbiter over the nearer-term expendable
solution."

See:

http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,220472,00.html


I have proposed a highly reusable booster system as well.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31261680/Etdhlrlv-Addendum
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30943696/ETDHLRLV
http://www.scribd.com/doc/35439593/S...-Satellite-GEO

to support serious power from space.

Once this is in place you can engage in a program to improve engine
efficiency and structure fraction. This basically involves putting
colloidally suspended lithium particles surrounded by a film of frozen
methane inside the liquid hydrogen tank, and by mixing liquid oxygen
and liquid fluorine in the oxidizer tank. This simultaneously
increases fuel density while increasing engine performance.

So, plain vanilla out of the starting gate, we build a subscale
vehicle around RL-10 engine parts and an annular aerospike nozzle - to
loft 35 tons to orbit. Then, after gaining experience build an ET
sized system around RS-68 engine parts the same way - to loft 700 tons
to orbit.

An advanced propulsion program increases the capacity of the smaller
system to 100 tonnes - and when applied to the larger system increases
its capacity to 2,000 tonnes.

Increasing the size and capabilities of the power satellites.

The laser energy from these satellites are then used to implement a
powerful laser rocket system that improves things even further.

These are the first steps to making industrial use of the inner solar
system.

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Old September 22nd 10, 06:20 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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Default Air Force Study Points to Reusable Orbiter

In article 057e8f40-73be-4e2c-bc3e-
, says...

On Sep 21, 11:57*am, wrote:
"Newly declassified details of the analysis
behind the U.S. Air Force's decision to opt
for a next-generation Reusable Booster
System (RBS) reveal a long-term preference
for a rocket-based, combined-cycle upper-
stage orbiter over the nearer-term expendable
solution."

See:

http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,220472,00.html

I have proposed a highly reusable booster system as well.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31261680/Etdhlrlv-Addendum
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30943696/ETDHLRLV
http://www.scribd.com/doc/35439593/S...-Satellite-GEO


Yet another thread-jacking by you? You're worse than my dog begging for
attention...

Jeff
--
The only decision you'll have to make is
Who goes in after the snake in the morning?
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Old September 22nd 10, 07:01 PM posted to sci.space.policy
kT
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Default Air Force Study Points to Reusable Orbiter

On 9/22/2010 12:20 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article057e8f40-73be-4e2c-bc3e-
, says...

On Sep 21, 11:57 am, wrote:
"Newly declassified details of the analysis
behind the U.S. Air Force's decision to opt
for a next-generation Reusable Booster
System (RBS) reveal a long-term preference
for a rocket-based, combined-cycle upper-
stage orbiter over the nearer-term expendable
solution."

See:

http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,220472,00.html

I have proposed a highly reusable booster system as well.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31261680/Etdhlrlv-Addendum
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30943696/ETDHLRLV
http://www.scribd.com/doc/35439593/S...-Satellite-GEO


Yet another thread-jacking by you? You're worse than my dog begging for
attention...


At least no one is jacking his name yet. That's next. This is the
usenet, asshole, anyone can jack a thread, a nym, a name, anything goes.

That just chafes your ass, doesn't it. Does it chafe your ass as much as
the United States Air Force using an NK-33 and/or an RD-180 to launch
their most valuable space based surveillance assets?

"the outline Pathfinder is baselined with an NK-33 liquid oxygen
(LOX)/kerosene rocket engine"

"The vehicle is outlined with a gross liftoff weight around 230,000 lb.
and will be powered by a LOX/kerosene RD-180 EELV engine."

"Another AFRL demonstration program—Hydrocarbon Boost—is developing a
large LOX/kerosene rocket engine for the full-size booster."

Oh really? I though the senate and congress was nixing that idea, which
remarkably was dictated by name and design in Obama's F.Y 2011 proposal.

Get a grip, Findley, you haven't had a single original idea here, ever.

Here's my gratuitous usenet spam since you don't have anything to offer:

http://www.lifeform.net/tsiolkovsky/Propulsion.pdf

NASA, the senate and congress just don't get it.


 




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