Found BAC Mustard patent, that has other space launch vehicles concepts as well
http://www.google.com/patents?id=OppcAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=3369771#PPP9,M1
MUSTARD on a starvation diet.
OK-92 had the jets above the wings…with some blow-off housings perhaps. No huge resonating tanks to manhandle…more compact.
The book was originally conceived as something much smaller with a tight focus on MUSTARD alone, so I suppose you could say it was expanded considerably. A lot of material had to be left out, but most of this relates to the associated space science research carried out by BAC to ensure that...
Books people should be ordering right now. They give excellent precedents and context. #5, mainly devoted to MUSTARD (and essential for this reason alone) has plenty on hypersonic projects.
Re: Stargazer2006's works
Wow, That is great work. I especially appreciate the Parker fountain pen and the mustard yellow phone. Shouts circa 1960. Really great work.
Looking up about BAC's MUSTARD project has reminded me of Project Greenglow (its in the JBIS Space Chronicle edition looking at UK Spaceplanes).
What are people's views on Greenglow?
Good, this mean that MUSTARD and HOTOL were loosely related. Which is not exactly a surprise (1967 is close enough from 1982 for both to fit in the same engineers careers).
The rights to the Mustard book have now reverted back to me, since Crecy had 12 months (now expired) to reprint it or lose them, so a new Mortons-published version isn't impossible. However, the Hotol book would have to demonstrate first that such a thing would be viable.
Incidentally, work on...
...launcher you have to develop it - much easier to strap boosters to an already-designed launcher.
There are probably some drag effects from the strap-ons and the strap-on/booster interface.
Same applies to the MUSTARD - overall heavier than a 2-stage RLV of equivalent payload.
Starviking
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