http://www.space.com/22500-private-space-plane-helicopter-flight.html (http://www.space.com/22500-private-space-plane-helicopter-flight.html)
Good find that Syber, I didn't realise that SNC had got that far in development of the Deream CHaser.
I also came across this:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/boeing-capsule-interior/ (http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/boeing-capsule-interior/)
Both interesting articles.
Syber. I like the way they're harking back to the ideas in the X-24A (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Marietta_X-24A) (HL-10 (http://bionic.wikia.com/wiki/Lifting_Body) from the 6 million dollar man) and X-38 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_X-38). Make sense to just send crew without payload as payloads are much cheaper to send on a rocket.
DD. But what does it look like? Found this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CST-100), very Apollo capsule looking.
QuoteGood find that Syber, I didn't realise that SNC had got that far in development of the Deream CHaser.
Neither did I until I came across the article. However there are seems that there are no engines installed as one can see from the second photo within the photo gallery.
QuoteSyber. I like the way they're harking back to the ideas in the X-24A
Same here :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
QuoteMake sense to just send crew without payload as payloads are much cheaper to send on a rocket.
the Dream Chaser will have a payload capacity of 7 people :P LOL only joking around with ya, I agree with you 100% ;)
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the Dream Chaser will have a payload capacity of 7 people :P LOL only joking around with ya, I agree with you 100% ;)
So will Dragon, and that is on a rocket ;)
Rockets are so cool :D
The thing about rockets though is that if they're having to lift "delicate cargo" (e.g. squishy humans, or other things that can't withstand higher G forces), they don't work as efficiently as they could otherwise. Granted the drop in efficiency isn't much, but it's there, and it's significant over time.