Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to Picture of Rutan's Spaceplane

Looks fragile.

Wouldn't seem to be able to handle much maneuvering, in the atmosphere or out, bad weather, or even too much thrust. Can be pretty sure it ain't aerobatic.

Even so, materials science has come a long ways.

You'd think they'd want it compact, like a bee, or hummingbird, or even the Shuttle. Of course compact designs would wind up looking more or less like the Shuttle. Not Rutan.

Wonder what those little knobs below the horizontal stabilizer are. Maybe they're like the dark stuff in the middle of chicken dung. More chicken dung. Might be more stabilizer.

Huh. The port holes would indicate it is designed for pressure, I wonder if they seal tighter as the outside pressure lessens. As opposed to bathysphere portholes.

I'd like to watch it.

Arf

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