credit: Astrium
credit: Astrium
CTSE? A German acronym meaning Crew Transport System Europäische perhaps? Surely it should also be Européenne équipage système de transport spatial (ESTS)? I am waiting to talk to ESA and Astrium about what CTSE is exactly
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credit: Astrium
CSTE availability in 2018 with what must be a man-rated Ariane 5? What is Astrium smoking? I guess it all depends on whether you think the entire European Union common agricultural policy budget is spent on human spaceflight or not
credit: Astrium
credit: Astrium
credit: Astrium
Woomera, Australia?!
on September 2, 2008 12:09 AM | Reply
Is it just me, or looking at the slides above, following re-entry, is that capsule performing a hot helicopter landing, using rockets instead of parachutes?
on September 2, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply
Today's Soyuz uses rockets at the last moment, with chutes during descent of course. The Energia CSTS concept image even has landing legs! I can't see how that will survive development. Extendable legs seems like a lot of extra mass.