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Friday, March 5, 2010

Hermes-Lite + Ariane 6 in Next Decade?


Dr. Erik Seedhouse, appearing on The Space Show this week, suggested that a Hermes - like spacecraft may be mated to a new European Space Agency Ariane 6 in the next decade to take humans to orbit. Hermes was cancelled by the ESA in 1992 but the Advanced Re-Entry Vehicle studies are underway. The ESA Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) will fly in 2012.

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