tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post6541814916843824277..comments2024-02-15T11:05:15.579-06:00Comments on Apathetic Lemming of the North: Space Shuttle Infographic: From Steering Thrusters to Rudder/Speed BrakeBrian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-89238550263908388152016-02-12T01:47:02.973-06:002016-02-12T01:47:02.973-06:00How interesting it is! I'd like to bookmark th...How interesting it is! I'd like to bookmark this blog entry and share it with some of my colleagues. Ordering <a href="http://writ-ing.services/" rel="nofollow">cheap essay writing service</a> is easy and not complicated at all. Thanks for your publishing! Have a nice day!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326184512615564882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-31880856426258382392011-02-03T14:35:37.697-06:002011-02-03T14:35:37.697-06:00Maurice Mitchell,
Yes - some of the early concept...Maurice Mitchell,<br /><br />Yes - some of the early concept-stage designs were: remarkable. A fellow said of one, that it would involve building the biggest airplane in the world, giving it reentry capability, and then building a larger airplane to fly it into space.<br /><br />The Space Shuttle represents what could be done with late-'60s/early-'70s technology. And worked, reasonably well, for decades.<br /><br />There are many 'might have beens.'<br /><br />There are, I think, a lot more 'maybes.' One particularly interesting emerging technology are hypersonic vehicles.<br /><br />These aircraft fly so fast, it wouldn't take very much more to 'fly' them to orbit. Apart from a reaction control system for maneuvering, and a propulsion system that can operate without an appreciable atmosphere. No small engineering hurdles, come to think of it.<br /><br />I embedded a short video, illustrating the Skylon spaceplane, in "<a href="http://apatheticlemming.blogspot.com/2009/03/skylon-spaceplane-for-2019.html" rel="nofollow">Skylon: Spaceplane for 2019</a>" (March 12, 2009). It shows how one outfit proposed to provide service to low Earth orbit and back.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-1858490265669441042011-02-02T12:02:26.001-06:002011-02-02T12:02:26.001-06:00Its amazing to think about what the shuttle could ...Its amazing to think about what the shuttle could have looked like. Right now it looks like a plane, but it could have been so much more.Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.com