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#Germany is weighing investments ranging from spy satellites and #SpacePlanes to offensive #lasers under a 35 billion € ($41 billion) 💰 #military space spending plan https://www.reuters.com/science/germany-eyes-lasers-spy-satellites-military-space-spending-splurge-2026-02-03/

Carl B. Latro Jul 10, 2025

Spaceplanes!
https://www.corememory.com/p/spaceplanes-are-upon-us-dawn-aerospace-stefan-powell
#DawnAerospace #Spaceplanes #NZ

Spaceplanes Are Upon Us

EP 24 - Stefan Powell on Dawn Aerospace and its wild ideas

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Spaceflight 🚀Sep 15, 2024

🇮🇳 It is proposed to develop Transportable/Mobile #LaunchSystems that can operate from ground/ aerial/ sea-based platforms. The system should be able to change from transportable position to ‘Launch ready position” in not more than 60 minutes. #India has also tested a series of reusable #spaceplanes https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4849/1

The Space Review: Measuring the depth of India’s space program

Adamas Nemesis Jul 16, 2024

Might be silly, but hey, why not? It's been a while since I delved into spaceflight any...maybe I should return to that topic sometime. 😌

My old, simple, but hopefully nicely atmospheric piece "Two generations of spaceplanes".

#art #MastoArt #digitalart #illustration #sketch #spaceplanes #spacecraft #spaceflight

New Space Economy Apr 23, 2024

America’s SuperSecret Spaceplane the X-37B

#Atlas #Boeing #China #ChineseSpaceStation #CommercialSpace #Defense #DepartmentOfDefense #Earth #Energy #Falcon9 #FalconHeavy #Materials #Military #NASA #Navigation #Nuclear #Rockets #Russia #Satellites #Science #SpaceForce #SpaceShuttle #SpaceStation #Spacecraft #Spaceflight #Spaceplanes #SpaceX #Technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesSpaceForce #SatelliteApplications #SpaceEconomy #SpaceLogistics #SpaceSegment #Upstream

https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/04/22/americas-supersecret-spaceplane-the-x-37b/

Spaceflight 🚀Mar 29, 2024

"Making #European 🇪🇺 #spaceplanes a reality" - While a multi-million-euro new investment in #POLARIS would be significant for the company, the opaque nature of this investment and the vehicles with which it was executed leave us with more questions than answers. https://europeanspaceflight.com/polaris-spaceplanes-secures-multi-million-euro-investment/

POLARIS Spaceplanes Secures "Multi-Million-Euro Investment"

POLARIS Spaceplanes has announced that it has received a multi-million-euro investment from the Swiss-based Aero Challenge Group.

European Spaceflight

New Space Economy Mar 11, 2024

A new generation of spaceplanes is taking advantage of the latest in technology

#Apollo #Astronauts #China #DeepSpace #DreamChaser #Earth #Europe #HumanSpaceflight #Infrastructure #InternationalSpaceStation #ISS #Japan #Launch #Materials #Military #Moon #NASA #Orion #Propulsion #Research #Rockets #SierraSpace #SovietUnion #SpaceAgencies #SpaceForce #SpaceShuttle #SpaceStation #Spacecraft #Spaceflight #Spaceplanes #Technology #USAirForce #USSpaceForce #EarthAndOrbit #EditorSPicks #IndustryReportsPapersAndEBooks #Infrastructure #Launch #LaunchSegment #MarketDataAndAnalysis #SpaceEconomy #SpaceLogistics #Upstream

https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/03/11/a-new-generation-of-spaceplanes-is-taking-advantage-of-the-latest-in-technology/

Spaceflight 🚀Aug 25, 2023

#POLARIS #Spaceplanes #aerospike powered demonstrator testing between September and December https://europeanspaceflight.com/polaris-to-begin-testing-fourth-spaceplane-demonstrator-from-september

POLARIS to Begin Testing Fourth Spaceplane Demonstrator From September

Germany’s POLARIS Spaceplanes has received approval to begin testing its fourth demonstrator from September 2023.

European Spaceflight

Adamas Nemesis Jan 11, 2023

This baby should have been the successor to the Space Shuttle. Sure, SSTO wasn't practical, but this same sort of airframe, launched on an off-the-shelf Atlas V? Would have worked great, and been the coolest and sexiest spacecraft of all time. The public would have *loved* it.

Image is late 1990s NASA concept art of the McDonnell Douglas X-33.

#spacecraft #spaceflight #history #alternatehistory #thoughts #spaceplanes