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Civilian space travel.....tomorrow's commonplace?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Imagine this one redesigned as a "civil" craft......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Though we have seen this stunning craft in my earlier "Friendly Skies" thread, one cannot help but to imagine the "STRATOLAUNCH" in the service of a civil airline.......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Tourism On The Moon"*:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_on_the_Moon

Jane Jetson to George:

*"Oh, George, isn't this a lovely view we have from our suite, here at the 'Lunar Vista Hotel'.....and isn't that a beautiful Earth tonight?" Smile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_on_the_Moon
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If a tourist trade ever took place on the Moon, I'm sure this historic site would be among the "most visited".......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranquility_Base
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite enterprising (and most fascinating), indeed......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Regarding "civilian" travel to the Moon......

The idea, as I have mentioned previously, is certainly not a new one.

In the 1935 Max Fleischer "Color Classic" cartoon "Dancing On The Moon" (Mom turned 18 the month this cartoon was released!) a group of humanized newlywed animals are embarking on a honeymoon excursion to the Moon.

Their transport is a streamlined "civil" rocket ship (VERY Flash Gordon-ish!) is seen both in animated and scale model form (3-d models were used often in the Fleischer cartoons of that era)

The sign alongside the runway/launch pad reads:

"TO-NITE.......DANCING ON THE MOON.....$1.00 PER COUPLE"

Talk about going on a honeyMOON(!!)

Loving classic animation as I do (I grew up with it, many eons ago!), I still loving watching this little gem on DVD today.

In this cartoon, now nearly 90 years old, there is clearly oxygen on the Moon, not to mention no gravity issues....... Wink

"NYO"


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The thought of a commercial space station is indeed fascinating and intriguing......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Commercial_Space_Station
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also of interest:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceplane

(Aviation enthusiasts who look beyond "non-space" craft will easily discover a vast new world of intrigue.....as well as possibilities!)


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Boeing "X-37"*........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

*(Here's another "in depth" page that truly stimulates the imagination; intense, inticate science at work here, for certain!)
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The "DREAM CHASER" (the section on the "CRS-2" cargo variant is interesting read unto itself!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Chaser
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The never-built BOEING X-20 "Dyna-Soar" of the 1960's.

Imagine this carrying either passengers or cargo........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Spaceplane" links (much of interest, here).......

www.astronautix.com/s/spaceplane.html
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SpaceShipTwo.......(!!!!!!) Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

'nuff said! Wink

Truly mind-boggling as to what great minds can create!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipTwo
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VSS "ENTERPRISE" (the first "SpaceShip2")........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VSS "UNITY"........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Unity
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