Jul 30, 2021
Japan Wants to Build Intercontinental Passenger Spaceships by the Early 2040s
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: military, space travel
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The idea of using spaceships to travel from one point on the Earth’s surface to another has been around since at least the 1960s, but the cost and complexity of the idea have meant it’s been little more than a pipe dream.
In principle, the approach isn’t that different from the one used by intercontinental ballistic missiles. A rocket is used to blast the payload, be it a nuclear weapon or a passenger spaceship, on a big looping trajectory into space before re-entering the atmosphere on the other side of the planet.
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