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McDonnell Douglas GRM-29A: APR Article 30

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Apr 282010

From APR original print issue V5N2 comes a 7-page article on one of the more unusual launch vehicles ever conceived, the Global Range Mach-29 Aerospaceplane (GRM-29A) from McDonnell Douglas. This vehicles launched vertically and landed horizontally… not too unusual for an SSTO design, but the method by which it achieved vertical launch was unique, to say the least.

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Advanced Multipurpose Large Launch Vehicle: APR article 29

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Apr 272010

From APR original print issue V5N1 comes a 14-page article on the Boeing Advanced Multipurpose Large Launch Vehicle (AMLLV), which was virtually the polar opposite of the Sea Dragon in terms of design philosophy… all the latest bells and whistles. It was also perhaps the most powerful booster ever envisioned… in it’s most powerful configuration, nearly four million pounds of payload could be carried by a vehicle with a launch thrust of 108 million pounds.

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Sea Dragon: APR article 28

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Apr 272010

From APR original print issue V4N6 comes a 27-page article on the Aerojet “Sea Dragon” extremely large launch vehicle concept. In an era when rocket designers were trying to produce the most technologically advanced booster designs, using the lightest, most bleeding-edge structual materials, Aerojet decided to go another direction… a rock-simple vehicle made out of conventional aluminum, built in a shipyard to shipyard standards. The end result was a truly gigantic and novel design. This article reveals the design in great detail.

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MUSTARD: APR article 27

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Apr 272010

From APR original print issue V4N5 comes a 10-page article on the British “MUSTARD” concept for a “triamese” space shuttle from the 1960’s. Includes diagrams for numerous versions.Download for only $1.80.

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Martin “Spacemaster:” APR article 25

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Apr 242010

From original APR print issue V4N2 comes this 11 page article on the Martin “Spacemaster,” a concept for a two-stage Space Shuttle. The Spacemaster was unique in that the baseline booster was a dual-fuselage “catamaran” vehicles. Numerous diagrams of several versions of the Spacemaster. Download for only $2.00.

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Bell X-15 Proposal: APR article 24

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Apr 242010

From original print issue V4N1, a 28 page article written by Dennis R. Jenkins on the D-171, Bells submission to the X-15 competition. Loaded to the gills with diagrams covering internal and external configurations of a couple versions. Download it for $5.00.

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GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Apr 242010

After a year or more of Paypal and the blog playing nice, apparently something screwy has happened. So later today when I release the next batch of APR articles, the blog will serve as the announcement, but the Paypal links will be on the regular website. This is a nuisance since the blog is a hell of a lot easier to update than the website. But I can’t have this sort of trouble for the customers. It’s annoying for them, and impoverishing for me.

GRRRRRR.

Boeing SSTO designs, 1988: APR article 23

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Apr 232010

Last up for today is a brief 5-pager from issue V3N6, revealing several VTOHL single stage to orbit rocket vehicles designed by Boeing in 1988. This can be downloaded for $1.00.

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Lunar missions with Gemini: APR article 22

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Apr 232010

Next up from the original print run of APR is a 19-page article from issue V3N5 describing a number of designs that used the Gemini spacecraft for manned lunar missions… landers, orbiters and rescue craft. Article 22 can be downloaded for $3.50.

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Given the troubles of late with PayPal ordering buttons on blog postings, order it (and all the other currently available APR articles) here: http://www.up-ship.com/blog/eAPR/articles.htm

Dyna Soar model 844-2050E: APR article 21

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Apr 232010

Hopefully todays batch won’t have the troubles yesterdays had….

Available now is the 21-page article on the Model 844-2050E Dyna Soar (the final iteration, about 40% complete when the program was cancelled) that originally appeared in issue Volume 3 Number 4 of the original APR print run. It can be downloaded as a PDF file for $3.80.

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