Posts Tagged ‘Falcon’

Stratolaunch introduce Rutan designed air-launched system for Falcon rockets

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Funded as a Paul G. Allen project under the banner of Stratolaunch, Burt Rutan is taking his space tourism concept a step further, by developing an air-launch system for payloads in the 10,000lbm class into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The system will be able to launch from several possible operational sites and eventually aims to [...]

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Ares/Orion slipping up to 18 months – Shuttle extension gains upper hand

Friday, March 27th, 2009

NASA’s Constellation Program (CxP) will conduct a “Content and Schedule” summit meeting in the next few months, after it was evaluated their current schedules are “broken”. The meeting will aim to protect against a slip that is estimated to be as serious as 18 months, or outright cancellation for Ares I. Meanwhile, the push for [...]

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