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Hypersound From Europe: How a New Aircraft Concept Could Replace Rockets

The European Space Agency (ESA) and a consortium of industry and research are developing a concept for a horizontally launching hypersonic glider to complement conventional rocket access to space. The aim is to create a reusable aircraft-like system that sets off from a normal runway, achieves hypersonic speeds and thus enables access to suborbital or potentially orbital orbits. The project addresses both technical and strategic issues: increasi…
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and a consortium of industry and research are developing a concept for a horizontally launching hypersonic glider to complement conventional rocket access to space. The aim is to create a reusable aircraft-like system that sets off from a normal runway, achieves hypersonic speeds and thus enables access to suborbital or potentially orbital orbits. The project addresses both technical and strategic issues: increasi…

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