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Suborbital tourist spaceship
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Spaceflight Participant  
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:40 pm
Posts: 55 Location: Belgium 
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 Suborbital tourist spaceship Posted on: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:00 pmArmadillo Aerospace seems to have dropped the modular fishbowl concept for the suborbital tourist spaceship.
You can see a picture of the new concept on the 8th page of this pdf. http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/pres/stsc2009/tech-37.pdf Is all press about the suborbital tourist spaceship handled by the rocket racing league like the press about the rocket racers themselves? Because there's no mention of it in the latest updates. Why was the choice made to partner with the rocket racing league for the orbital tourist ship? Progress is slow on the rocket racing league and they seem to have a continuing shortage of cash. |
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Space Station Commander  
Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:47 am
Posts: 517 Location: Science Park, Cambridge, UK
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Posted on: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:55 am I thought that was a picture of their first X-Prize concept, but could be wrong! Nothing to say it's a recent picture.
I like the fishbowl!! James |
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Space Station Member 
Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:22 pm
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Posted on: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:23 pm No, that's more recent. I saw a better version of it elsewhere. Hopefully they'll put it up in an update some time.
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Spaceflight Participant
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:40 pm
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Launch Director 
Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:35 pm
Posts: 19 Location: Hutchinson, KS
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Posted on: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:38 pm That appears to be a version with the crush cone. Was just watching the video last night. It appears to be an extra safety system if the vehicle comes in nose first. The nose is a huge crumble zone to save the people aboard from having a bad day.
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