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SPACE TRANSPORT : Spacecraft : Roton

Yep, what you see above is no computer graphic. Of all the wannabes in the aerospace private industry, Rotaryrocket is the only one which has tested a 100% scale prototype. While the Roton ATV ( Atmospheric Test Vehicle ) is not capable of even sub-orbital flight, but it is atleast a start.

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rotaryrocket.com : Rotary Rocket Company's official website. 6/10 3+3+1/10
scaled.com/projects/roton/roton.htm : Read about Scaled Composites association with Roton.
spacefuture.com/vehicles/designs.shtml : Spacefuture.com's vehicle designs page.

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70 posted on 05/21/2003 12:59:35 PM PDT by Paul Ross (From the State Looking Forward to Global Warming! Let's Drown France!)
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A wonderful design concept! But far from what I was imagining. I was thinking of a whirlygig of filaments stretching a few hundred miles, held to a pivot at one of the lagrangians. A space bungie cord, maybe.
72 posted on 05/21/2003 3:32:11 PM PDT by bvw
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