Star Wars: The Battle to Build the Next Shuttle

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Published: May 4, 2014
Author: Bloomberg
Post Date: 2019-07-27 12:43:32 by BTP Holdings
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May 5 (Bloomberg) --- Bloomberg's "The Next Space Race" is a journey through the booming business of space exploration. The International Space Station is a near zero-gravity laboratory dedicated to scientific research. The end of NASA's shuttle program in 2011 left the world with only one way to get there, buy a seat from the Russians. NASA is holding a competition challenging private enterprise to build America's next spacecraft. Boeing, SpaceX, and Sierra Nevada are all multi-billion dollar aerospace companies competing to win the NASA contract that could cement dominance in the emerging space industry. Bloomberg gets rare access to these space pioneers, including a tour of SpaceX with CEO Elon Musk. (Source: Bloomberg)

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3-2-1 liftoff!

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#1: Horse    To: BTP Holdings (#0)

I would design a vehicle to be launched on a fast moving sled from inside a man made tunnel in a Colorado mountain at an altitude over 10,000 feet. Most of your fuel is spent getting above ten thousand feet and gaining that first few hundred miles per hour in speed.

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#2: BTP Holdings    To: Horse (#1)

a vehicle to be launched on a fast moving sled from inside a man made tunnel in a Colorado mountain at an altitude over 10,000 feet.

You must mean like a rocket sled on rails. Of course the rail wheels would fall off when the sled reaches flight velocity.

At 10,000 feet the air gets a little thinner. Not so much drag on the wings either. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2019-07-28 00:52:57   Reply   Private Reply