November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
...includes the Columbus/ISS project and the Cassini/Huygens mission. David has a keen interest in reusable launch vehicles, having worked as a propulsion engineer at Rolls-Royce and then as a system engineer at British Aerospace on the HoToL spaceplane...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
...Royce RB545 engine, destined for use on the HOTOL reusable launch vehicle which was cancelled in the late 1980s. These ‘three...will facilitate the design of new classes of air and space launch vehicles. Twice as fast as the fastest jet engine and five ...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... the circa US$600 million in losses for the year. Maiden and early flight record for new launch vehicles launched since 1990 (with two or more new/radically modified stages). It is not just spacecraft operators and manufacturers...
March 2026
Lessons learned on the way to space
... to the space industry of costs, timescales and risks - especially those associated with preparing and operating launch vehicles - I offer here a little of what I have learned and what, I believe, is relevant to space systems development and...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... to aircraft and automobiles, some types of mass-produced parts are tough enough to withstand the harsh environment of launch vehicle flight. These parts are less expensive than space-specific parts and reach high levels of quality...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
... Solar System. Today, Russia is developing key elements of a future transport system - a new generation manned transport vehicle and a heavy launch vehicle that will be able to place the new ship onto the correct trajectory for reaching the...
