Tag Archives: powered landing

Drag: Loss in Ascent, Gain in Descent, and What It Means for Scalability

Posted on Thu, 2008-01-10 by gravityloss

Jon Goff had an analysis (no equations or numbers though!) of an air-launched reusable SSTO idea, furthermore he promised to look at other reusable orbital launch vehicle ideas in the future. I thought I’d drop a few lines in regards … Continue reading →

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Powered landing, practical considerations (1-dim)

Posted on Sun, 2007-10-07 by gravityloss

There was some excellent commentary in the last post, and that has partly been one inspiration in writing this post. In the last part, the absolute minimum efforts by the launch vehicle making a vertical landing were determined. On top … Continue reading →

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Powered landing, analytical solution

Posted on Wed, 2007-10-03 by gravityloss

There is a long standing dispute whether winged landing or vertical rocket powered landing is more efficient and overall better for reusable rockets on earth. 🙂 Powered landing can be looked at in a broad overview. The post documents what … Continue reading →

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