Re: Is suborbital a real market?

Sylvia Else <sylvia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, I think you know my preference for SSTO, but yes, a TSTO would
provide a clearer path - at least, apart from the hypersonic separation
issue, if it really is one.

It seems to have been at least once, on 30 July 1966, when the D-21
drone "was trapped in the shock wave of the aircraft, forcing the
drone back into the M-21 [modifeed A-12], causing the aircraft to
break-up at Mach 3." Of course, it could be that that was a unique
quirk at that speed, and everything would be just dandy at Mach 6 or 8
or 10.

Or if the second stage were, say, a pig.


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