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  1. SOC

    US Navy Space Cruiser & DARPA/USAF Spaceplane Technology and Research (STAR)

    Found this one on the web, you all might find it to be some interesting reading: http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/reading_room/883.pdf Basically it's a 1983 report covering studies of a new manned spacecraft.
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    • 1980s anti-satellite cold war defense advanced research projects agency space weapons spaceplane strategic defense initiative u.s. navy united states united states air force united states navy usaf
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  2. Archibald

    Aerospaceplane (1958-1963)

    Atempt to make a SSTO with a LACE system. air coming from the intake was pumped in tanks, oxygen was separated from the rest of the air, then went to fuel the engine (burning with hydrogen). First atempt at LACE / ACES long before HOTOL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospaceplane I would...
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    • cold war nasa nuclear power single-stage-to-orbit space age space race spaceplane ssto united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  3. flateric

    BAe HOTOL

    Early HOTOL configuration
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    • 1980s british aerospace plc cold war great britain single-stage-to-orbit space age space race spaceplane ssto
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  4. Tuomasn

    Tupolev Tu-2000 & other VKS projects

    A thread for the Tupolev Tu-2000 aerospaceplane and also other VKS contenders. The Tu-2000A (first two pictures) was to be a 70-90 tonnes demonstrator of the actual SSTO spacecraft. The third pic shows a model that was displayed at the 1992 Mosaeroshow. I'm still not certain whether it's meant...
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    • 1980s 1990s 2000s airliner cccp cold war hypersonic nuclear battlefield post-cold war russian federation single-stage-to-orbit soviet strategic missile troops soviet union space plane space weapons spaceplane ssto strategic bomber tupolev okb ussr
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