V.2 based Tsien Hsue-shen 'transport rocket'

[TsrJoe]

V.2 based Tsien Hsue-shen 'transport rocket'

 

[GeorgeA]

It's covered in Vol. 1 of Hallion's Hypersonic Revolution, although not in great detail.

 

[Archibald]

For information: Tien Hsue Shen die two weeks ago, aged 98 (!). An incredible life, worth a biography one day.

 

[martinbayer]

A biography of Tsien called "Thread of the Silkworm" was published in 1995 by Iris Chang:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/thread_o.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=e2_uIf7L5BMC&dq=%22thread+of+the+silkworm%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=Ldr6Sr-QBoPKsAOkgP2DAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Martin

 

[martinbayer]

No illustration, but some data:
http://authors.library.caltech.edu/9/3/1_Tsien_H_1950.pdf

Martin

 

[Justo Miranda]

Comparative drawings from
-"The Dream Machines" by Ron Miller
-"Spaceship Handbook" by Jack Hagerty an Jon C. Rogers
-"Space Shuttle" by Dennis R. Jenkins
-Unknown source

 

[NavarchNicias]

More gold from SOVA, the Smithsonian's virtual archives: a paper about Dr. Tsien's work with sketches and specifics, and a great photo of the man himself.

 

[Archibald]

Sweet geez, this is Christmas in April ! thank you for sharing. Ballistic / suborbital transportation makes so much sense, compared to stupid hypersonics & scramjets thermal nightmare.

 

[publiusr]

The nicest drawing of a rocket-plane I have seen:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/smithsonian-willy-ley-papers-21-tsien-rocketplane-2-png.696739/

Very sleek.

That man was done very dirty.