XCOR PRESS RELEASE
On Tuesday, December 2, XCOR Aerospace, builder of the 2-seat Lynx rocket-powered suborbital launch vehicle, is introducing its General Sales Agent for ticket sales and will announce a price that is substantially lower than prices quoted by leading competitors.
XCOR will introduce its new partner, a well-known and established travel entrepreneur with extensive experience in high-end adventure travel, who will outline the total Lynx flight experience, from initial screening, to training, and finally, the flight itself.
The first commercial Lynx suborbital space flight participant will also attend the conference, a European adventurer who aims to be the first person from his country to make a suborbital flight.
Three time shuttle pilot and commander, Col. Rick Searfoss (USAF-Ret) will describe the Lynx flight experience from the point of view of a test pilot and astronaut.
XCOR CEO Jeff Greason and COO Andrew Nelson will also attend. They will discuss design features that allow the Lynx to minimize its environmental impact: non-toxic propellants, clean-burning efficient engines, and a fully reusable system.
Chris Gilman, Founder and Chief Designer of Orbital Outfitters, a NASA spacesuit contractor, will join the press conference wearing the special spacesuit to be worn by all who fly aboard the Lynx. Gilman is also a renowned special effects expert who won an Academy Award for the “Cool Suit” climate control system used by actors in heavy costume.
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again… years ago (posting on several forums and blogs) I argued (as first) that ALL single-vehicle suborbital system (like the XCOR and EADS-Astrium’s concepts or the Rocketplane’s defunct spaceplane project) always are the BEST solution and should/will be very much CHEAPER than every twin-vehicles approach (like the Virgin/Scaled Composites WK2/SS2)
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Oh,m gaetanomaranos here as well. I’d argue differently, and say that twin-vehicle Airship launched schemes are the best. Suborbit requires altitude not velocity, so a plan like ARCAs is the best.