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Virgin Orbit Launcher One
We've finally got a new booster that has fins! Virgin Orbit's Launcher One has a transition section and fins, and even a few fiddly bits, making for an interesting scale subject. It flew the other day, but a broken O2 line caused shutdown and failure to orbit.
It looks pretty big next to the tech, but it looks small hanging under the 747 in a full view.
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Gosh, real fins! I can almost see a quick scale knock-off using the old Centuri PNC-132 nose cone to a section of ST-13 tubing, then balsa transition to a section of ST-16 tubing.
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BTW, Blackshire posted about the Launcher One project back in 2012. I'm only posting because of Virgin's recent activities.
https://oldrocketforum.com/showthre...ighlight=virgin .
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Seems like pretty SLOWWWWW development to me...
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Virgin is a pretty wide spread company and Richard is interested in all kinds of adventures. I doubt they focused resources as tightly toward space as Musk did with Space-X. Musk was very aggressive in getting funding and putting it to use. Even Blue Origin with billions of Amazon revenue is still just lofting Mercury Redstone shots (and not even a dog, chimp, or monkey payload), albeit with a few stuck landings.
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Without SpaceX and Elon Musk we would STILL be malingering around at the mercy of Russian Soyuz launch vehicles. NASA certainly has nothing viable to offer in a man-rated booster in the near future. The U.S. should be thankful for his efforts and NOT worrying about any Marijuana antics WHATSOEVER.
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Any chance of "Elon" sharing a set of detailed, dimensioned, external drawings ? Dave F. |
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We should see if Fred (Shred Vector) will call and ask! .
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