One such design was Boeing’s “Space Freighter,” a two stage manned and winged vehicle. The first stage was powered by rocket engines burning liquid oxygen with methane; the second stage used LOX and hydrogen.

I have an article on the Boeing Space Freighter in the latest issue (July/August 2011) of “Horizons,” the newsletter of the Houston AIAA chapter. Free to download here: http://www.aiaa-houston.org/Newsletter.aspx. Continue reading »

Topics in this issue include the Rockwell Star-Raker, several Boeing Space Freighters, the Boeing “Big Onion” Low Cost Heavy Lift Vehicle (antecedent and descendant designs), a Grumman two-stage HLLV, a Rockwell HLLV and “small” HLLV, NASA-JSC heavy lifters, a Boeing/Rockwell Personnel Launch Vehicle and a Boeing winged SSTO.

CAD Diagram: WIP of the Boeing Model 2000-201 VTOL stealth spec ops transport If you are interested in helping to preserve this sort of aerospace history, consider signing up for the APR Monthly Historical Documents Program for as little as $1.50 per month:

A Boeing rendering of an advanced fighter from the late 70’s/early 80’s. This design features variable sweep wings and inlets mounted over the shoulders, reminiscent of the Boeing Model 818 design proposed in the early 1960s for the TFX program (won by General Dynamics, resulting in the F-111… check out “US Supersonic Bomber Projects ...

Boeing “Space Freighter”: a giant two-stage spaceplane for launching solar power satellites; Boeing NASP-D: A rare look at an operational National Aerospace Plane derivative; LLNL Mockingbird: The smallest SSTO ever designed; Boeing Model 922-101: A fully reusable Saturn V; NAR Phase B Space Shuttle: a fully reusable two-stage concept

A Boeing concept from 1983 for an Orbital Transfer Vehicle. This vehicle would change the orbit of the payload not only propulsively, but by using aerodynamic drag to slow the vehicle at perigee.

2022年4月15日 · A photo of a wind tunnel model of a Republic Aviation design for a Manned Hypersonic Test Vehicle configuration. The photo was published in 1969, but the program was circa 1965.

2023年6月8日 · Boeing Space Sortie (3 sheets) Saturn C-8/Nova; Jules Verne’s “Columbiad” A-12 Avenger II (2 sheets) Lockheed CL-400 “Suntan” All of these require a bit more dressing-up, as well as explanatory text. But I think they’re starting to look pretty good. I’ve selected a fair number more to work on.

2024年2月20日 · That said: while the market for “space” is less than the market for “aviation,” my own interest in the two is about equal. And I would be happy to sell works at a number substantially lower than a professional, proper publisher would. A publisher would have books on bookstore or grocery store shelves, while I would only sell from my ...