Was a plane launched recently?
Was a plane launched recently?
I think I saw something on the news about it, but it was in spanish
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Re: Was a plane launched recently?
Originally posted by Brent
I think I saw something on the news about it, but it was in spanish
English. Do you speak it?
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Re: Was a plane launched recently?
Just because mushrooms may grow in front of your appartment doesn't mean you should eat them...Originally posted by Brent
I think I saw something on the news about it, but it was in spanish
Originally posted by Brent
into space
Planes aren't launched into space Brent
If you mean the space shuttles...different concept altogether, but yes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/scien ... ner=GOOGLE
i think what he means is....
there is a race underway (with a $10,000,000 prize) for the first privately owned space vehicle that can take off under it's own power, reach orbit, return to earth and be ready to do it again within 2 days or 2 weeks or some very short timeframe (brain fart.. can;t remember all the details about it).
most of the entrants are using an airplane as the chassis, but fitted with the necessary equipment to make it a viable spacecraft as well.
Burt and Robert Ruttan (sp?) are two separate competitors i believe. they are brothers, BTW.
try doing some googlin' on "ruttan space prize". i can;t remember then exact name of the "prize".
there is a race underway (with a $10,000,000 prize) for the first privately owned space vehicle that can take off under it's own power, reach orbit, return to earth and be ready to do it again within 2 days or 2 weeks or some very short timeframe (brain fart.. can;t remember all the details about it).
most of the entrants are using an airplane as the chassis, but fitted with the necessary equipment to make it a viable spacecraft as well.
Burt and Robert Ruttan (sp?) are two separate competitors i believe. they are brothers, BTW.
try doing some googlin' on "ruttan space prize". i can;t remember then exact name of the "prize".
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just remembered it..... it;s called the "X Prize". and it's Rutan, not Ruttan.
anyways, i thought i heard of some test flight recently... this may be what Brent;s thinking of.
anyways, here;s a link to the X Prize site...... http://www.xprize.org/press/what.html .
anyways, i thought i heard of some test flight recently... this may be what Brent;s thinking of.
anyways, here;s a link to the X Prize site...... http://www.xprize.org/press/what.html .
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Originally posted by ghost
Actually, several thousand planes launched today, and as many did indeed land.
More launches are scheduled for tomorrow and the following days as well.
They occurred worldwide.
I haven't heard of many planes being "launched"...usually referred to as "take off". But on aircraft carriers, I guess "launch" can be used since they're under assist of the catapult. And that being the case, yes many will occur today, and tomorrow, and the day after...not that much of an exciting novelty anymore since the 1930's.
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Originally posted by blebs99
I wonder if those would be **** Rutan's kids. That guy was Cessna Twin modifier that was a little on the crazy side. Beautiful aircraft though.
i think one of them may be the guy you are thinking of. does he have big ol' sideburns/chops?
lemme see if i can find an image.
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this is the guy i am thinking of (i called him "robert" because the forum would blank out the name ****......
and here's some of his more popular designs (he likes canards, BTW
)......
he designed the Voyager as well (circumnavigated the earth i think).......
and here's some of his more popular designs (he likes canards, BTW
)......he designed the Voyager as well (circumnavigated the earth i think).......
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Originally posted by Humboldt
Planes aren't launched into space Brent
If you mean the space shuttles...different concept altogether, but yes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/scien ... ner=GOOGLE
Oh thats pretty sweet, that must be it then
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Originally posted by in2deep
The SIRTF observatory was launched yesterday. What you might have seen is the DART spacecraft being prepared. It is a technology demonstrator for the Orbital Space Plane concept. It's mission is to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous and docking procedures/technologies.
that sounds pretty cool to
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Originally posted by Faust
just remembered it..... it;s called the "X Prize". and it's Rutan, not Ruttan.
anyways, i thought i heard of some test flight recently... this may be what Brent;s thinking of.
anyways, here;s a link to the X Prize site...... http://www.xprize.org/press/what.html .
hey that sounds pretty cool too
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Rutan's company's, (Scaled Composites), X-Prize contender is called "Space Ship One". It is a two part system, a mother ship called "White Knight" carries the space craft up to, I forget how high, releases it and a hybrid rocket on the spacecraft fires to a sub-orbital hop. The spacecraft was test dropped recently for the first time.
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/