Tag Archives: Centaur

Even more on Skylon

Posted on Sat, 2010-10-30 by gravityloss

They stop airbreathing at 2 km/s. Let’s compare this to staging. Assuming an upper stage of the weight of Skylon at that point (230 t), what kind of a rocket would be required for that? With a hunch of 3000 … Continue reading →

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Minus 2D Boom Rendezvous

Posted on Thu, 2009-12-03 by gravityloss

I always had a different idea compared to the one Jon and Kirk posted, (Kirk Sorensen is now a contributor at Jon Goff’s place, I’m afraid having such top men in the same place might cause a awesomity criticality event). … Continue reading →

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