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ORS brief, Oct 22, 2009

Couple of minor curiousities I picked up on going through this.

- On pg. 4, under the heading SSTO STUDIES, is a vague picture of some kind of odd tankage in a test rig. Notice the names Science Dawn, Science Realm, MAV, TAV, and Copper Canyon next to the pic.
- There's a small illustration of the RASV on pg 18, by the heading GROUND & FLIGHT TEST, accompanied by the said mystery tankage pic.
- And I'm very curious as to what the concept is on the lower right hand corner of page 20, under the heading ARCHITECTURE & HARDWARE. It just catches my eye.

www.aiaa.org/pdf/industry/presentations/Rouge_NSSO_cleared_PA_22Oct09.pdf
 
XP67_Moonbat said:
ORS brief, Oct 22, 2009

Couple of minor curiousities I picked up on going through this.

- On pg. 4, under the heading SSTO STUDIES, is a vague picture of some kind of odd tankage in a test rig. Notice the names Science Dawn, Science Realm, MAV, TAV, and Copper Canyon next to the pic.
- There's a small illustration of the RASV on pg 18, by the heading GROUND & FLIGHT TEST, accompanied by the said mystery tankage pic.
- And I'm very curious as to what the concept is on the lower right hand corner of page 20, under the heading ARCHITECTURE & HARDWARE. It just catches my eye.

www.aiaa.org/pdf/industry/presentations/Rouge_NSSO_cleared_PA_22Oct09.pdf
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The tank test article pictured does not appear to be the tank built as a scaled down RASV tank for HAVE REGION. You can see the RASV tank here:
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,315.0/highlight,realm.html
If I remember correctly, there was a test article built for one of the VTVL concepts for HAVE REGION, that may be it.

Also of interest in that document is new material from Blue Origin I haven't seen before. Composite tank and a new flight vehicle, hmmm?
 
XP67_Moonbat said:
- And I'm very curious as to what the concept is on the lower right hand corner of page 20, under the heading ARCHITECTURE & HARDWARE. It just catches my eye.
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Looks like one of the Lockheed Orbital Space Plane studies. Looks like the image has been vertically compressed/horizontally stretched, however.
 
Quellish,

I hadn't caught the Blue Origin pic. If it's a shot of New Shepard, it's one I haven't seen before. Looks like I have to drink another cup of coffee as a penalty. ;)

As for the mystery tankage, I think you might be right. I went back to the link you gave and it's certainly different the than the test article posted earlier.

Moonbat
 
Haha, "Carmack" on page 15. That's the guy that programmed "doom". I guess they felt funny about "Armadillo Aerospace"... :)

(whoops, they did mention it by name on the previous page)
 
XP67_Moonbat said:
Quellish,

I hadn't caught the Blue Origin pic. If it's a shot of New Shepard, it's one I haven't seen before. Looks like I have to drink another cup of coffee as a penalty. ;)

As for the mystery tankage, I think you might be right. I went back to the link you gave and it's certainly different the than the test article posted earlier.

Moonbat
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There's only a logo of Blue Origin. The tankage below is Lockheed Martin.
 

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Oh yeah, I saw that tank.

But the one mystery tank that got my attention is on Page 4, beneath the box marked SSTO STUDIES. The only real detail is the US flag painted on it's side. It's not the best picture in the world and it's a little on the murky side.

But what really made me curious was that fact that Science Dawn and all those other notable SSTO studies from the 80's were named in the box right next to the picture. Things that make you go "hmmm", right?

It shows up again on pg 18, by the box heading GROUND & FLIGHT TEST, accompanied by a small illustration of the RASV.

PS- If I didn't know what I was looking at, I'd almost think it was just some patriotic farmer's grain silo.
- Scott, this is the OSP concept, right?
http://www.airplanemodelworks.com/orbital-space-plane-model-spacecraft-p-986.html
 
Paper on responsive air launch.

http://www.responsivespace.com/Papers/RS2%5CSESSION%20PAPERS%5CSESSION%208%5CHORAIS%5C8003P.pdf
 
Here's another brief:
http://www.responsivespace.com/Papers/RS1/SESSION1/KOLODZIE/1002C.pdf
 
http://www.responsivespace.com/Papers/RS2/Falcon/Ferguson%20FALCON-Orbital%20RS2.pdf

An ORS presentation from OSC. Check out their launcher family tree, starting from Pegasus, on PAGE 6
 
http://www.responsivespace.com/Papers/RS2%5CSESSION%20PAPERS%5CSESSION%207%5CJOYNER%5C7001C.ppt.

Pratt & Whitney's take on spiral development of a TSTO launcher.

Check out PAGES 9,10, & 12.

Enjoy.

Moonbat
 
The SpaceX paper from the 2009 Responsive Space conference gives technical details of their first successful Falcon 1 launch in Sep 08. Paper link and details below.

http://www.responsivespace.com/Papers/RS7/SESSIONS/SESSION%20I/1003_BJELDE/1003P.pdf

SpaceX Falcon 1: The First Privately-Developed Liquid Fuel Rocket to Achieve Earth Orbit
Brian Bjelde (Space Exploration Technologies ), Hans Koenigsmann (Space Exploration Technologies ), Gwynne Shotwell (Space Exploration Technologies

Abstract:
On September 28, 2008, SpaceX made history when its Falcon 1, designed and manufactured by SpaceX, became the first privately-developed liquid fuel rocket to orbit the Earth. This was the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 launch vehicle and it lifted off at 4:15 p.m. (PDT) / 23:15 (UTC) from the SpaceX launch site on Omelek Island at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) in the Central Pacific, about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. It achieved an elliptical orbit of 621 x 643 km, 9.3 degrees inclination, with full intended performance. The upper stage carried a 165 kg (364 lb) mass simulator, designed and built by SpaceX, into orbit. With this flight, SpaceX has successfully flight proven 100% of its subsystems including 1st stage ascent, stage separation, 2nd stage ignition, fairing separation, guidance and control accuracies, stage 2 engine shutdown and orbital insertion, payload separation signaling, and stage 2 engine restart capability. Furthermore, SpaceX was successful in demonstrating industry record breaking responsive operations. Including transportation, ground processing and licensing, Flight 4 occurred the month following the Flight 3 attempt on August 2, 2008. The successful flight of SpaceX’s Falcon 1 is both historically noteworthy and represents a major opportunity for the industry to finally have access to a low cost demonstrated launch capability. This paper will cover the vehicle performance achieved and describe in detail the responsive elements that have been successfully demonstrated.
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