Vega ready to launch spaceplane

Posted by lelf on Monday January 19, 2015 @06:13AM
from the esa.int dept.

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Re:Vega ready to launch spaceplane by mkrdouble on Monday January 19, 2015 @10:29AM (#8912259)

If you didn't know much about this (I didn't), here's a cool animation of the expected launch and re-entry procedure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSFZAKd-nk

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Re:Vega ready to launch spaceplane by furyg3 on Monday January 19, 2015 @09:47AM (#8912102)

With no wings is it really a spaceplane? It looks like a capsule...

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Re:Vega ready to launch spaceplane by papercrane on Monday January 19, 2015 @10:06AM (#8912172)

It's a lifting body.

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