X-20 DynaSoar Rail Aerospacecraft Launch Option?

Military genius Carlton Meyer is a big proponent of ski launching to get into space economically:

http://www.g2mil.com/skyramp.htm

Yet, critics of sled launch say the dense air would inhibit adequate speeds for horizontal launches; DID THEY CONSIDER PLACING THE TRACK ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN AREA, LIKE IN INDIA/NEPAL AT ABOUT 20, 000+? where the air is very thin?

Imagine a X-20 DynaSoar aerospace plane in the Himalayas above 20, 000 feet--on a mag-lev sled reaching several hundred miles per hour horizontally THEN going vertical at a 45 degree angle off the track with a booster rocket....

Want to build a 1:144 scale model of the amazing X-20 DynaSoar on top of its Titan III booster? ANIGRAND Models offers one in resin (cut parts carefully and superglue together)

http://www.anigrand.com/AA5009_Titan-IIIC.htm

Or 1:72 scale versions:

X-20 DynaSoar
http://www.anigrand.com/AA2077_X-20.htm

Titan II booster
http://www.anigrand.com/AA2078_Titan_II.htm

Category:

Science & Technology

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• mag-lev
• sled
• launch
• tracks
• skis
• v-1
• buzz
• bomb
• safety
• efficiency
• economical
• space
• flight

[Tater1337]

that is NOT the x-20.

[dynmicpara3]

@Tater1337 MUST EVERYTHING BE SPELLED OUT FOR YOU? CAN YOU CHEW BUBBLE GUM AND NOT CHOKE?

[dgreatunknown]

Clip from "When Worlds Collide"

[Tater1337]

@axisofoil2 yes, but the energy does not need to be stored on the vehicle, making it possible to use energy in forms other than fuel. there is an electromagnetic version of this being attempted over in europe

[axisofoil2]

It's not a viable option. It takes more energy to propel a vehicle that is controllable in the atmosphere to an exit velocity by this method than rocket launches.