Dassault Aviation zur Entwicklung des Wirbel -Raumplanungs Demonstrators im Rahmen der französischen Regierungsvereinbarung.
Dassault Aviation to develop VORTEX spaceplane demonstrator under French Government agreement
Dassault Aviation zur Entwicklung des Wirbel -Raumplanungs Demonstrators im Rahmen der französischen Regierungsvereinbarung.
Dassault Aviation to develop VORTEX spaceplane demonstrator under French Government agreement
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“Leveraging the NewSpace approach” ok they should be fine then and definitely nothing like previous expensive slow European efforts that get cancelled before delivering anything
Space planes are a dead end.
Dassault is a plane builder, so of course they will propose a space plane (leveraging the studies that were done for Hermes) but taking wings, hydraulics, landing gear, and moving parts, and a heat shield to cover all that surface, to space and back, has a huge weight penalty that serves no purpose for the actual mission and adds cost and risk.
If you want to bring stuff to orbit and back, you can’t beat a capsule. And there is nothing preventing a modern capsule design from being reusable or doing precision propulsive landings.