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Other Rocketry / DARPA

Falcon hypersonic HTV-2 flight anomaly (1969-12-31)

America’s latest super weapon. Able to strike any target in the world in less than an hour the recent flight of the Falcon hypersonic HTV-2 proved to be a bit tricky. Launched on top of a ... [Read More]

DARPA to fund Interstellar Space Travel (2011-08-30)

The is the best news I’ve read in a while. Not much money though. Hopefully it will lead to some new technologies or enhance some great propulsion concepts.Do we have any Zephram Cochranes out ... [Read More]

DARPA's plan for launching small satellites : ALASA (2015-02-06)

DARPA has a concept program called ALASA(Airborne Launch Assist Space Access) that uses small jets to assist in launching small payloads into orbit. “DARPA’s Airborne Launch Assist Space ... [Read More]