Sentences with phrase «lynx suborbital»
XCOR sets 2010 as the date when its Lynx suborbital spacecraft will bring civilians to the cusp of space
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XCOR reps said at a press conference Wednesday that its Lynx suborbital spaceship, still in the prototype phase, will be a two - seat (one pilot, one passenger) craft that takes off like an airplane and glides back to Earth like a space shuttle.
Not exact matches
XCOR is pursuing the latter paradigm with its winged rocket - powered Lynx, a reusable space vehicle that will take off from a conventional runway and blast into suborbital space (roughly 330,000 feet, or 63 miles) powered by an onboard rocket motor before flying back to Earth and landing on a conventional runway.
PoSSUM plans to use XCOR Aerospace's suborbital rocket plane Lynx; two people fit in its flight pod.
XCOR did not quote prices for its suborbital joyrides, and Greason said that they would probably be set by the companies that purchase Lynxes and set up their own high - altitude tours.