Direct Launch

[pmn1]

An interesting idea here.<br /><br />http://www.directlauncher.com/<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[gunsandrockets]

You might want to look at the old thread in Missions & Launches that discussed the 'directlauncher' concept in great detail.

 

[pmn1]

Ah yes, and here as well, though it seems to have gotten a bit more heated...<br /><br />http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5016&posts=1011&start=1 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[barrykirk]

Yes, the directlaunch concept is getting a huge amount of interest in the NASAspaceflight forum, but it is almost<br />completely ignored on this forum.<br /><br />I wonder why?

 

[publiusr]

A lot of people are still hung up on Space Elevators, SSTOs and other fantasies.

 

[j05h]

<i>> A lot of people are still hung up on Space Elevators, SSTOs and other fantasies.</i><br /><br />And the rest of us are trying to make money in space. DIRECT and other NASA-ish launchers are interesting, but only in a technical sense. They aren't interested in letting anyone else play with their toys. <br /><br />Instead of trying to build a heavy lift vehicle and then fit a payload to it, why not ask yourself something different? How can you fly some kind of space mission using available vehicles and profit from it? Space Adventures is a good current example of this approach.<br /><br />Josh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center"><em>We need a first generation of pioneers.</em><br /></div> </div>

 

[nexium]

I resent you calling space elevators fantasy. I admit that CNT does not seem to be up to the task, but if I was about to market something 100 times better than steel, I might wait until I could deliver low cost engineering samples to announce my success.<br />Bolos which are close relatives to space elevators are feasable now, except designing suitable interface vehicles will be very costly.<br />The name Direct Launch is part of the lack of interest. What is indirect launch like? Neil