2020s
airbus safran launchers
arianegroup
arianespace
centre national d'études spatiales
cnes
cold war ii
european space agency
late 2010s
post-cold war
As ESA discuss European Manned Spaceflight was a battle between Hermes Shuttle and Capsule Fraction
Here the 1989 Proposal of ERNO "LaReCa" short for Large Ariane 5 Return Capsule
It feature:
-A large reusable Capsule for various mission
-The use of full potential of Ariane 5 rocket...
arianespace
cold war
entwicklungsring nord
erno
european space agency
federal republic of germany
late 1980s
mbb
mbb-erno
space age
space race
west germany
western europe
ESA made in beginn 1990 several study for advance Ariane 5 rocket, what let to big Ariane super lourd concept 1991
also they study this interesting Idea
Ariane 5 with TWO Vulcain (HM60) engines with each 800 kN thrust and 220 tons fuel in EPC
The Idea behind the concept is this Problem...
1990s
2000s
arianespace
cold war
early 21st century
european space agency
heavy lift vehicle
late 20th century
post-cold war
reusable launch vehicle
space age
space race
vtvl
war on terror
western europe
The recent discussion about HERMES on Ariane 4 triggered a memory of another reusable lifting vehicle planned to be launched by Ariane 4 – the PLATO Platform Orbiter.
The PLATO concept of a small uncrewed winged reentry vehicle was developed by MBB-ERNO in the late Eighties to provide Europe...
arianespace
cold war
entwicklungsring nord
european space agency
federal republic of germany
late 1980s
mbb-erno
space age
space race
west germany
western europe
already in 1977 were studies for Ariane with Lox/Lh2 upperstage
those became 1977 to 1982 the Ariane 5R study
aka in Forums "the Ariane 5 Common core booster" design
Note code: P=solid fuel, L=Liquid fuel, H=Lox/LH2 fuel. Number=fuelmass in tons
1977 "Systéme Ariane Véhilcule Habitable" study...
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