Lynx update

More articles and info about the XCOR Lynx:
/-- 'Sports car' of commercial spaceflight unveiled - New Scientist

The company already has an agreement with one private research lab that plans to fly multiple flights each year.

/-- YouTube - XCOR Lynx suborbital vehicle animation
/-- XCOR to Unveil New Suborbital Rocketship - space.com - Leonard David gives some additional info about the project and XCOR.

Lynx is seen by XCOR Aerospace as one piece of a larger roadmap of vehicles — a start small and then add performance approach — eventually culminating in a piloted orbital system, Greason said. "We've selected the basket of technologies ... technologies that we believe position us very well for the suborbital market, but also put us on the road for later, higher-performance systems," he explained.

/-- Branson And Northrop May Be Backing "Wrong" Rocket Man! - Funny Business with Jane Wells - CNBC.com
/-- XCOR announces Lynx and Other Lynx notes at Jeff Foust's Personal Spaceflight. Jeff points to the following article, which says XCOR has "spent between $6 million and $7 million on both the vehicle concept and underlying technologies".
/-- XCOR launches plan to take people into space - Bakersfield California

Posted 03/26/08 | 07:20:54 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Transport Companies

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Hi

The Lynx's peak altitude is barely space - 61 km, half the official NASA re-entry interface. But it's good to see rocketplanes of any grade in development. I keep getting reminded of Robert Heinlein's "Future History" with D.D.Harriman running a rocket company before launching for the Moon - who will make billions from rockets, then try to build Luna City?

Posted by Adam Crowl at 03/29/08 02:16:11

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