Comments on: Oscar Vinals’ XLDron Zero Gravity Rocket Plane Concept Launches Tourists Into Space http://inhabitat.com/oscar-vinals-xldron-zero-gravity-rocket-plane-concept-launches-tourists-into-space/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: erick v http://inhabitat.com/oscar-vinals-xldron-zero-gravity-rocket-plane-concept-launches-tourists-into-space/comment-page-1/#comment-396567 erick v Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:59:47 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=333677#comment-396567 watch these spacecraft designs by the same designer, could become a reality like a SpaceX projects? ... http://www.behance.net/ovisdesign watch these spacecraft designs by the same designer, could become a reality like a SpaceX projects? …

http://www.behance.net/ovisdesign

]]> By: erick V http://inhabitat.com/oscar-vinals-xldron-zero-gravity-rocket-plane-concept-launches-tourists-into-space/comment-page-1/#comment-377225 erick V Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:36:51 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=333677#comment-377225 ...i found more images and diagrams at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ovis_design/sets/ …i found more images and diagrams at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ovis_design/sets/

]]> By: AirAusquin http://inhabitat.com/oscar-vinals-xldron-zero-gravity-rocket-plane-concept-launches-tourists-into-space/comment-page-1/#comment-366402 AirAusquin Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:31:04 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=333677#comment-366402 Laura, hello from Venezuela! The concept was already demostrated in 2004, with SpaceShipOne, the concept in which Zero Gravity is clearly based, including a replication of its re-entry system. Where is the diference? The only one that I see, is that the launcher is a drone and not a manned plane (which already use a Turbofan engine), and that the launch height is 35k feet, not 50k ft, which implies a more powerful, less greener booster. Not really 'efficient'... That is the major issue with the article at Yanko, it shows this as something totally new. If it becomes real (I will applaud it) it is just a new competitor to Virgin. Laura, hello from Venezuela!

The concept was already demostrated in 2004, with SpaceShipOne, the concept in which Zero Gravity is clearly based, including a replication of its re-entry system. Where is the diference? The only one that I see, is that the launcher is a drone and not a manned plane (which already use a Turbofan engine), and that the launch height is 35k feet, not 50k ft, which implies a more powerful, less greener booster. Not really ‘efficient’…

That is the major issue with the article at Yanko, it shows this as something totally new. If it becomes real (I will applaud it) it is just a new competitor to Virgin.

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