Posts : 27 Join date : 2010-09-18 Age : 61 Location : SE Ohio (Formerly Chicago)
Subject: Horizontal Space Launch System Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:12 am
I saw this story on Military.Com this morning. It uses a railgun/maglev type of concept to accelerate a Scramjet powered "booster" (mini space plane) to get to the edge of the atmosphere, where it launches a small payload package with a small rocket motor (think the Payload Assistance Module [PAM] that the shuttle uses for cargo). Here's the link: http://defensetech.org/2010/09/21/time-to-think-horizontal-for-future-space-launches/