The Space-Plane single stage orbits(simulated)

Ascent Profie in this Spreadsheet:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J49OjoynbX2rmvTja1ZU6C87u_y0yIom/view?usp=sharing

Computer simulations have confirmed that The Space-Plane.org works. The Space Plane Corporation is a not for profit organization designing an open source single stage to orbit aircraft. Below is a link to the proof of concept on a computer simulation of the aerodynamic ascent.

https://fb.watch/wBbj8U97V6/

What this means:

We can now ride up into space in a comfortable aircraft that takes off from a runway horizontally instead of being thrust upward in a missile. This makes space travel a lot safer and more comfortable. The normal Joe can be an astronaut now. It will also make space travel cheaper than a ride on SpaceX’s Starship.

Elon Musk’s Starship has a useful payload of 150 metric tons in re-usable mode. Our space-plane can do between 12-28 metric tons however the spaceplane is single stage to orbit and is also fully reusable. Single Stage to orbit means there are no other seperate vehicles or boosters, it’s just the one piece (the aircraft) that flies up into orbit. This makes it potentially a lot cheaper to run. Not to mention it can take off from any runway long enough. No rocket pads needed or a mechanical chopstick to catch it in mid air. It just lands like a normal plane back on the runway on it’s way down.

A scaled up model might be able to compete with the heavier useful payload of StarshipX in the future.

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