[ExI] DESIGN: First look at SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 11:53:04AM -0600, Natasha Vita-More wrote:
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>    Today, SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo were revealed.  Stunning. It is

It would be so nice if they were really Mach 25 craft. Alas, it will
take a long time until we've got a private craft in LEO.

There's probably something inflatable/ablative in design space
which can survive reentry. All it takes is a big enough and cheap
enough rocket.

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