"Dream Chaser" on news

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Benson Space Company chief Jim Benson was on the Fox News Channel this morning with a young man who was awarded a ride on Dream Chaser.<br /><br />Story....<br /><br />The TV interview had a bit more info, including an estimated 'first flight' date of Dec. 2008.<br /><br />Benson also claimed that it will use multiple SS1 style engines and that construction is underway and on schedule.<br /><br />Benson Space Co. website.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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spacester

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Dang it! I saw this one coming and should have posted predicting it. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Not being able to go because of taxes? That's a golden opportunity for a sponsorship, for a NewSpace company to jump in just as Benson did. Terrific P.R. move, and he put together a business proposition to make the deal legit and a long-term P.R. asset. <br /><br />Very clever, Mr Benson is. I say again, do NOT bet against that guy. He's just taking things one step at a time without overextending, he's a shrewd guy. 2007 sure looks to be fun, donchaknow. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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<font color="yellow">My question is, will the suborbital dreamchaser be a single stage vehicle?</font><br /><br />According to a video I downloaded a while back, yes. It launches vertically from a small pad. No air drop. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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" It launches vertically from a small pad. No air drop. "<br /><br />Vertical launch and unpowered horizontal landing is probably the most conservative approach for a manned suborbital RLV. The USAF had a short-lived project called a Hybrid Launch Vehicle which planned to employ the same kind of flight profile for the reusable 1st stage.<br /><br />I have a lot of hope for the Dream Chaser. The suborbital Dream Chaser appears to be the only suborbital manned RLV project that develops hardware that could directly apply to an orbital manned RLV, since the HL-20 would be perfectly suitable as a reusable manned spacecraft orbiter.
 
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<font color="yellow">Vertical launch and unpowered horizontal landing is probably the most conservative approach for a manned suborbital RLV.</font><br /><br />In terms of turnaround, it's probably also the most expensive.
 
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gunsandrockets

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"In terms of turnaround, it's probably also the most expensive."<br /><br />Why?
 
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<font color="yellow">"Why?"</font><br /><br />Beat me to it <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />.<br /><br />I'd like to see some cost comparisons between the Dream Chaser approach (vertical launch/horizontal landing) and the Blue Origin approach (vertical launch/vertical landing) before accepting that as fact.<br /><br />I suspect Nyarlathotep could be right for these particular cases, but saying it doesn't make it so. Let's see the numbers. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>
 
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