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Hello,
I'm not arguing the esthetics or the joy of taking such a flight. I have had a long love of flying and I'm sure it would be a truly amazing flight. But a brief venture at best.
The rocket under the belly was done 60 years ago and very few companies seem to be reviving the idea. If you have a look at "HYPLANE" and "Paradoxal" etc, they all seem to rely on a single vehicle and multi-stage engines.
With RAM jets and or liquid oxygen fed into the jets etc, they seem like a more sound way to travel than to have 8 JATO's kick in and burn out in 90secs of screaming fun!
I'll back the newer engines and RAM jets over a lift assisted rocketry as the way forward. If NASA sonic boom reduction technology can be transferred over to the multi-edge wings deigns, then I can see a huge boost again for sub-orbital travel.
Steve
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