{"id":3816,"date":"2013-08-05T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T16:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2013-08-05T16:36:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T16:36:26","slug":"20th-anniversary-of-the-first-dc-x-flight-special-event-in-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3816","title":{"rendered":"20th Anniversary of the first DC-X Flight – special event in New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have noticed the new ad here for the DC-X 20 year anniversary symposium<\/a>, August 16-18, in New Mexico –<\/p>\n

\"DC-X<\/a><\/div>\n

The DC-X (Delta Clipper eXperimental) project was a seminal event in the development of the NewSpace<\/a> approach to space development. Using a 1950’s X-project organizational style, it accomplished all its goals (e.g. repeated vertical takeoffs and landings, rapid turnaround between flights, lightweight hydrogen tank, flight operation with a very small team, etc.) at 1\/10th cost that would have been spent if carried out in the standard NASA\/USAF procurement manner. The project aimed to be the start of a systematic step-by-step development program leading to a fully reusable orbital launch vehicle. Unfortunately, while DC-X\/XA successfully made the first step, the project got derailed with the over-complicated, over-ambitious X-33. Find lots of resources about the project in the DC-X History section<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Henry Vanderbilt gives his endorsement of the anniversary event here:<\/p>\n

We’re coming up fast on the 20th anniversary of DC-X’s first flight later this month, and some of the people involved have organized a conference in New Mexico to mark the occasion.\u00a0 I’ve volunteered to help out with the conference, and that’s what I’m writing to you about today.<\/p>\n

Much of the original DC-X team will be there, to be honored and to talk about how they did it, techniques used and lessons learned.\u00a0 There will also be a look at some of the many things that came of DC-X’s success, plus a Reusable Spaceplane X-Vehicles workshop looking to what should come next, as well as a tour of the New Mexico Spaceport.<\/p>\n

This is a one-of-a-kind event.\u00a0 It’s very unlikely that all these people will ever be in one place at the same time again.\u00a0 If you have a deep interest in where “new space” came from, where it is now, and where it should go next, this event is more than worth a trip to New Mexico in August.<\/p>\n

Conference agenda and details at http:\/\/dc-xspacequest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

thanks for your time<\/p>\n

Henry Vanderbilt
\nfounder
\nSpace Access Society<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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