{"id":129,"date":"2013-01-19T21:03:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T21:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2013-01-19T21:03:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T21:03:50","slug":"the-space-shuttles-record-a-48-passenger-space-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"The Space Shuttle’s record + A 48 passenger space vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

A defense of the Space Shuttle: The Remarkable Record of the Space Shuttle – CitizensInSpace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Shuttle certainly demonstrated lots of important capabilities and applications. Unfortunately, it was too expensive to do any of them operationally. We will have to wait for fully reusable space transports for that.<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

Here’s an unusual concept for a big suborbital space vehicle: SHIPinSPACE – 48 Passenger Suborbital Reusable Blasting Survival Vehicle – Investor presentation (pptx)\/a>. <\/p>\n

See also a couple of videos here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A defense of the Space Shuttle: The Remarkable Record of the Space Shuttle – CitizensInSpace. The Shuttle certainly demonstrated lots of important capabilities and applications. Unfortunately, it was too expensive to do any of them operationally. We will have to wait for fully reusable space transports for that. === Here’s an unusual concept for a … Continue reading The Space Shuttle’s record + A 48 passenger space vehicle<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-25","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17615,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17615","url_meta":{"origin":129,"position":0},"title":"Blue Origin flies New Shepard reusable rocket vehicle to edge of space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Blue Origin today successfully flew a New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket vehicle to over 100 km altitude. 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