At 06:41 PM 24/02/2015, you wrote:
Morgan, eat your heart out? I don't think so.
Morgan is looking for a use for the Perlan 2
after they set a height record. Launching
space craft might be just the thing. NASA has
looked at a glider launch pad with an aero tow
to 40,000ft, Well Morgan can launch into the
Sierra wave straight from Mojave from a 5000ft
tow, soar up to 50,000ft and launch his rocket! Think of the fuel savings.
Who needs the complexity? Fuel and oxidiser is
cheap. Done right about $50 per kg or less to
low earth orbit. From the ground.
http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/mockingbird.pdf
A good amateur group ought to be able to build one of these.
Mike
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