Re: What is the simplest, cheapest CEV possible?
From: Mike DiCenso (mdicenso_at_seds.lpl.arizona.edu)
Date: 12/02/04
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Date: 1 Dec 2004 16:52:35 -0800
"Henk Boonsma" <hboonsma@teranet.news> wrote in message news:<1101904289.lEiKanlyxO3TPmRq2mYCgA@teranews>...
> "Jim Oberg" <jameseoberg@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:OK5rd.95453$jq5.82111@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> > Here. Load the entire URL that extends over both lines.
> >
> >
> http://www.photocenter.ru/myphoto/films/eu6gN6F3c8hO3c1TIF9ScQ/LMPLy8MOOoUAA
> > BZLBrsAAAAE.html
> >
>
> Is it a mockup or the real thing? Also, I'm not sure how this thing lands,
> vertically or horizontally. And it looks like it reenters the atmosphere
> horizontally like a Shuttle. Is that a good idea since it would probably
> require active stabillization. I'm a proponent of a stable design which
> needs no active control during descent.
This is a mockup. The "real thing" will not be ready for at least
another 6-8 years. Check out Rusty's images; you'll see that the
Klipper lands horizontally, paracute assisted, not unlike the X-38
that NASA unfortunately chose to abandon more than 2 years ago.
-Mike
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