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A friend of mine is working on this project: Terrestrial Return Vehicle for International Space Station National Laboratory http://intuitivemachines.com/aerospace/trv/ This looks to be interesting since it fulfills a need to return experimental results to earth in a timely manner. Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer |
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I've often thought about this. I just wonder though, if its cost effective?
After all these devices have to get up there in the first place. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Jeff Findley" wrote in message ... A friend of mine is working on this project: Terrestrial Return Vehicle for International Space Station National Laboratory http://intuitivemachines.com/aerospace/trv/ This looks to be interesting since it fulfills a need to return experimental results to earth in a timely manner. Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer |
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Not to mention film capsules next time Ukraine heats up.
Space Station Zebra style... heh heh, sorry Jeff. Actually looks like an interesting project. Since it's small enough it would make sense if one could pack a bunch of these in the un-pressurized trunk of a Dragon. Attach them to the outside of the station with the ISS arm and them move them into and out of JEM as needed. That way they don't take up precious pressurized space in the ISS until needed. And if you can get N per Dragon launch, maybe that makes the economics work? Dave |
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On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:34:55 PM UTC-4, David Spain wrote:
Not to mention film capsules next time Ukraine heats up. Space Station Zebra style... For those of you too young to get the reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063121/ Dave |
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says... On Friday, October 24, 2014 12:34:55 PM UTC-4, David Spain wrote: Not to mention film capsules next time Ukraine heats up. Space Station Zebra style... For those of you too young to get the reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063121/ This was in theaters before I was born. I was pretty young when this was on TV. I saw it recently. It's o.k. Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer |
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