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Old 26-October-2007, 05:47 PM
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Default Breaking News: Rocketplane reveal new configuration of Rocketplane XP at XPC

Anyone else read the news release at: http://www.rocketplaneglobal.com/press/20071026a.html

There is a long detailed interview at:
http://www.rocketplaneglobal.com/press/20071026a.html

Sounds good for Rocketplane after the Kistler NASA Contract hey!

Any thoughts?
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Old 26-October-2007, 11:09 PM
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Other than "SWEET!"? No, sorry, that's all I've got.
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Rocketplane XP... Sounds like a Windows product.

Shouldn't it be Rocketplane Vista by now?

I don't understand the following comment, though:

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The J-85 afterburning jet engines provide increased thrust and allow the vehicle to reach an altitude of greater than 40,000 ft before the rocket engine is ignited.
The U-2 flies at twice that altitude without an afterburning engine. I've flown as high as 50,000 feet in an airplane without afterburning engines (we were on a long flight and decided to do it just because we could). Couldn't go higher because we didn't have pressure suits (against the regs).



Other than that, more power to them!
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