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From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Sanger
Message-ID: <1989Mar14.172237.29235@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 89 22:22:37 GMT
Reply-To: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY
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Science reports that the West German government has decided to fund
initial work on Sanger.  A concept which has been kicking around for a
few years, Sanger would use turboramjet engines to propel a winged
first stage to Mach 5, at which point a LOX/LH2 propelled second stage
 -- either an unmanned expendable cargo rocket (like Pegasus) or a
reusable winged manned vehicle -- would be released to ascend to
orbit.

This seems like a better idea than HOTOL or NASP: no need to take the
entire vehicle to orbit or to make the first stage capable of flight
at extreme hypersonic speeds.

	Paul F. Dietz
	dietz@cs.rochester.edu