{"id":6185,"date":"2014-01-23T22:32:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T22:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6185"},"modified":"2014-01-23T22:32:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T22:32:48","slug":"wings-to-space-a-horizontal-launch-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6185","title":{"rendered":"Wings to Space – advocating horizontal launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Luther (Exodus Aerospace<\/a>) has launched a new blog site dedicated to horizontal take-off and landing vehicle designs for space transports. He wants to build an informal professional association of horizontal launch advocates and\u00a0welcomes the contribution of articles and essays:\u00a0Wings to Space…The Wright Stuff<\/a><\/div>\n
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Space access needs a future with high flight rates, safety, comfort, and economy. \u00a0Horizontal launch and recovery methods offer special advantages to those who are prepared to boldly go. \u00a0This is the home for the advocates and builders of our spacefaring future.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Luther (Exodus Aerospace) has launched a new blog site dedicated to horizontal take-off and landing vehicle designs for space transports. He wants to build an informal professional association of horizontal launch advocates and\u00a0welcomes the contribution of articles and essays:\u00a0Wings to Space…The Wright Stuff Space access needs a future with high flight rates, safety, comfort, … Continue reading Wings to Space – advocating horizontal launch<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[3,5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1BL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1617,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1617","url_meta":{"origin":6185,"position":0},"title":"Kickstarting a scale version of the Horizontal In Line Launch Staging (HILLS) vehicle","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"David Luther and the HILLS team have opened a Kickstarter campaign to fund the building of a scale model version of their Horizontal In Line Launch Staging (HILLS) vehicle concept:\u00a0 H.I.L.L.S. 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