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Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 7 p.m.

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Even as the first rockets were launched into space decades ago, aerospace knew it was a wasteful process. Rocket stages, motors, and complex equipment crashed into the ocean or burned up in the Earth\\u2019s atmosphere.

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Could spaceplanes bring the costs down? Flying to orbit with a combination of jet engines and rockets and then safely re-enter the Earth\\u2019s atmosphere again.

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Single-stage to orbit spacecraft and spaceplanes have always seemed out of reach, and actually not that practical. But what about a two-stage, fully reusable spaceplane?

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Exodus Space Corporation has been secretly working on this concept for a decade now, and what they\\u2019re proposing is pretty revolutionary.

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Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com
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References:
\\nhttps://history.nasa.gov/SP-4407/vol4/cover.pdf
\\nhttps://io9.gizmodo.com/early-design-specs-show-the-space-shuttle-could-have-be-1528524224
\\nhttps://www.exodus-space.com/
\\nhttps://www.exodus-space.com/astroclipper/
\\nhttp://fiso.spiritastro.net/telecon/Ayala_10-9-19/Ayala_10-9-19.pdf

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