Ya, I read an article about this little ship/plane and I think it might be the right way to go. The creator said that this would actually be fairly economical and easier plane then NASA's space shuttle. The ship is only suppose to go at a maximum speed of Mach 4 or 5 and is suppose to skim the upper stratosphere. Its only designed now to get from one part of the continent to the other side in like an hour, but this might be the way to go for future shuttle travel.
The reason why I agree with this plan is that the NASA shuttle program, if you think about it, is pretty archaic! NASA still wants to stick to the idea of strapping someone to a Rocket and propelling him or her so fast that they reach escape velocity of 7 to 10 Km/s. That like 18,000 miles per hour because if you traveled any slower the earths gravity will eventually pull you down again. I personally don't think we need to sling shot people this fast just to get them into space. If you can get a vessel to travel at Mach 4 for several hours, the ship can make it a distance away from the earth where Gravity would have a negleadable effect of pulling you down again. That is what they call "Geosychcronis Orbit" (I hope I spelled that right). Our satilites are a perfect example of this. Satilites have to be stationary around the earth other wise we couldn't get TV broadcasts. Athough this concept doesn't mean NASA should build ships like this one posted here, but I think it does mean that NASA needs to find more effiecent ways of getting into space and make it safer, otherwise what is the point.
Topic: Nice Little Ship !!! (Read 1426 times)