Germany Space Liner

[hesham]

Hi,


http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ar&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.n-tv.de%2Fwissen%2FIn-90-Minuten-nach-Australien-article5378001.html

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Did that project stall out?

 

[Hobbes]

All they're doing is basic research into technologies that could go into such a craft. Specifically safe storage of hydrogen.

 

[RGClark]

Re: Germany Space Liner.

DLR’s Martin Sippel & Carola Bauer on the Spaceliner.
Posted on 14/09/2012 by Daniel
http://blogs.esa.int/spacetweetup/2012/09/14/dlrs-martin-sippel-carola-bauer-on-the-spaceliner/

Like the plan. Don't like the 30 year time scale.
With the Vinci cryogenic engine coming online, a suborbital transport would be possible with SpaceShipTwo:

SpaceShipTwo could be single stage to suborbit says ESA firm.
By Rob Coppinger on April 29, 2010 4:24 PM
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2010/04/spaceshiptwo-could-be-single-s.html

Reusable Space Plane Idea Intrigues Europeans.
Rob Coppinger, SPACE.com Contributor
Date: 01 May 2012 Time: 04:30 PM ET
http://www.space.com/15494-vinci-space-plane-suborbital-flight-idea.html


Bob Clark