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Airframe Structure for First Commercial Dream Chaser Spacecraft Unveiled
universetoday.com ^ | August 9, 2014 | Ken Kremer

Posted on 08/10/2014 9:38:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The orbital airframe structure for the first commercial Dream Chaser mini-shuttle that will launch to Earth orbit just over two years from now has been unveiled by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and program partner Lockheed Martin.

Sierra Nevada is moving forward with plans for Dream Chaser’s first launch and unmanned orbital test flight in November 2016 atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The winged Dream Chaser is being developed under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program aimed at restoring America’s indigenous human spaceflight access to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station (ISS).

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: 2014; atlasv; capecanaveral; dreamchaser; florida; lockheedmartin; minishuttle; nasa; shuttle; sierranevada; sierranevadacorp; snc; spaceexploration; spyballoons; starliner

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser® orbital structural airframe at Lockheed Martin in Ft. Worth, Texas. Credit: Lockheed Martin


Scale models of NASA’s Commercial Crew program vehicles and launchers; Boeing CST-100, Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser, SpaceX Dragon. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com

1 posted on 08/10/2014 9:38:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Bad link. Try this!

http://www.universetoday.com/113414/airframe-structure-for-first-commercial-dream-chaser-spacecraft-unveiled/


2 posted on 08/10/2014 9:41:57 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: BenLurkin

Better link below. Thanks for the update BenLurkin.

http://www.universetoday.com/113414/airframe-structure-for-first-commercial-dream-chaser-spacecraft-unveiled/#more-113414


3 posted on 08/10/2014 9:43:19 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Hey Jack. LOL! You beat me by a couple of seconds there.


4 posted on 08/10/2014 9:44:10 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: BenLurkin

I think they are jumping the gun a bit taking a photo of a piece right after it’s been taken out of the autoclave. Nice, but they have many more pieces to fab and assemble before they have a spacecraft.


5 posted on 08/10/2014 9:44:18 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: rktman

LOL!


6 posted on 08/10/2014 9:44:42 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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7 posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:43 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

That’s an airframe? It looks like a cheap plastic canoe.


8 posted on 08/10/2014 11:52:53 AM PDT by lafroste (matthewharbert.wix.com/matthew-harbert)
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To: BenLurkin

My wife would love one of those


9 posted on 08/10/2014 11:54:39 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: lafroste

I can’t tell which part of the airframe, but it does look like carbon fiber.


10 posted on 08/10/2014 1:48:44 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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