[amsat-bb] The future of AMSAT launches???

[Brenton Salmi]

For $1 million that's a small rocket. The only benefit to airplane launched
rocket is any orbit anytime, very nice in the spy world too :)

Also, likely not much of a secondary payload so you're likely buys all of
the rocket unlike jumping on as cheap ballast to a big rocket.

Just give the free Kerbal space program game a spin and you'll realize how
easy it is to get 400km high but very very hard and lots of fuel to get to
orbit... Which is the point of satellites!

Interesting article though!

On Friday, February 6, 2015, Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist at gmail.com> wrote:

> This has existed for a long time. There's not much new.
>
> The rocket equation tells you that you need lots of fuel to send mass to
> orbit. That is referred to as delta V, change in velocity. LEO is about
> 17,500 mph, this jet gets to maybe 1,000 mph?
>
> Most rockets are not big because they can be, they are big because they
> have to be.
>
> This project isn't actually getting to orbit yet. Is it actually 1 million
> in cost to get there or is that before profit? Then you're talking more
> like 3-4 million at minimum.
>
> Bryce
>
> On Friday, February 6, 2015, Jacob Tennant <jakewf8s at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > This seems so smart that I don't know why they haven't done this already.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/06/darpa-alasa-video/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full
> >
> > Jacob Tennant WF8S
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