Tag Archives: XCOR

Airline vs Spaceline Safety

Posted on Wed, 2009-08-19 by gravityloss

62 mile club has a writeup of a beta “customer qualification program” for XCOR’s Lynx suborbital craft. This highlights the differences and current state of play. Rocketships will not be as safe as airliners in the near future, and they … Continue reading →

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Fed Up

Posted on Wed, 2008-06-18 by gravityloss

I’m quite that just right now. It will pass. Perhaps. There’s been some discussion in various places about both NASA and potential future launch vehicles. Everything’s just so static in a large sense. Completely hopeless. I’ll throw in the towel … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Demotivation, ESA, ISRU, Motivation, NASA, RLV:s, Suborbital | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

XCOR Lynx

Posted on Wed, 2008-03-26 by gravityloss

BEGIN EDIT Oh well, there actually is more info about the vehicle outside XCOR’s press release (why didn’t they put that there?). Here, at Clark Lindsey’s Hobbyspace. Seems my speculations were a bit off-base, the dry mass was fine but … Continue reading →

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