Astrium Eads future launchers.

[Notebook]

Just looking through Eads-Astrium movies/animations and saw this.


http://www.astrium.eads.net/multimedia_center_orig/movies/future-launchers-2

The PRE-X I haven't heard of, is it manned vehicle?

Edit: Should have turned the page before asking the question...

http://www.astrium.eads.net/multimedia_center_orig/movies/pre-x-launched-by-dnepr

and these are quite funky, I like the skid-on-grass launcher

http://www.astrium.eads.net/multimedia_center_orig/movies/eads-future-launch-vehicles

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[tl8]

If only they used a 'standard' video codec.

 

[Notebook]

Lost me there, I'm afraid, they play fine for me! Not as futuristic as I thought, there's a 2003 credit on the end of one of the clips... Nice animations though.

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[SiberianTiger]

Is there an ongoing plan for a PRE-X launch?

 

[Notebook]

I really don't know, I'd never heard of it till I was looking through the site. Maybe a long term project? I would think getting the ATV man-rated would be ESA priority.

Looks like a 1/2 person capacity max, looking at the splash-down part of the animation.

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[SiberianTiger]

Looks like a 1/2 person capacity max, looking at the splash-down part of the animation.

It can be an unmanned vehicle quite easily. This way, it's no much different from a manoeuvering hypersonic nuke warhead.

 

[Notebook]

Yes, looks like a lifting-body testing and developement vehicle.

http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA476581&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

Was some of the dnepr animation took from the link you gave recently of the launches? The live action after it leaves the silo looks very simaler

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[SiberianTiger]

Was some of the dnepr animation took from the link you gave recently of the launches? The live action after it leaves the silo looks very simaler

"Seen one Dnepr launch, seen them all" :lol:

 

[Notebook]

Well, I haven't seen any, in real life!

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[Notebook]

Well, this is almost spooky:-

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Launchers_Home/SEMQDO4N0MF_0.html

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[stjimmy225]

towards the end of this movie http://www.astrium.eads.net/multimedia_center_orig/movies/atv-evolution there are a couple of scenes that seem suspiciously like they were gleemed from orbiter

 

[tl8]

I believe you are indeed right!
The HUD looks similar, The ISS looks the same, The Earth looks the same, The Docking Port Texture looks the same. The Re-entry Texture looks the same. And the landing looks familiar.

 

[TSPenguin]

It seems they have a nice mod for the docking HUD, everything else is 100% pure orbiter!