NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet t

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NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet t

Post by Lucky » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:00 am

http://www.popsci.com/technology/articl ... raft-orbit

Seems like an interesting idea. They must have been watching Angel Links.

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Re: NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramj

Post by User1602 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:57 am

Even better to do that with all jets, it would eliminate runways and save hundreds of gallons of fuel/takeoff. Just launch the jet and then stop it when it lands.

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Re: NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramj

Post by Mr. Oragahn » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:10 pm

TrekPhilosopher wrote:Even better to do that with all jets, it would eliminate runways and save hundreds of gallons of fuel/takeoff. Just launch the jet and then stop it when it lands.
Err... all jets is what we do today, and it transforms every single spaceship into a fuel tanker with loads of junk that keeps floating in orbit.

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Re: NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramj

Post by User1602 » Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:38 am

It would save a lot of fuel as well.

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