{"id":9447,"date":"2019-11-01T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=9447"},"modified":"2019-10-31T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:28:34","slug":"dc-x-the-nasa-rocket-that-inspired-spacex-and-blue-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=9447","title":{"rendered":"DC-X: The NASA rocket that inspired SpaceX and Blue Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gridRow mainContentGrid\">\n<div id=\"divContentWell\" class=\"gridColumn eight\">\n<div class=\"contentWell\">\n<div class=\"gridColumn twelve breadcrumbs\"><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"q1efd290a64\">Yet the use of this drug has been wisely developed as a PDE 5 inhibitor that can effectively restrict the <a href=\"http:\/\/deeprootsmag.org\/2014\/01\/25\/sustainable-agriculture-sustainable-environment-newswire\/\">viagra 10mg<\/a>  mechanism of this concerned enzyme and reduces the impact of impotency. 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A gleaming white pyramid resting on four spindly legs, the experimental craft was NASA\u2019s ticket into a new era of space exploration.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/authors\/hailey-rose-mclaughlin\">Hailey Rose McLaughlin<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2019<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">RELATED TOPICS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/tags\/nasa\">NASA<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/tags\/private-spaceflight\">PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/tags\/spacex\">SPACEX<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"segment\">\n<div class=\"heroTop\">\n<div class=\"mediaContainer\">\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/sitefiles\/resources\/image.aspx?item=%7BFE2DACF8-298E-41E4-A513-B18CC519F66A%7D\" rev=\"colorbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/-\/media\/Images\/News%20and%20Observing\/News\/2019\/10\/deltaclippertestflight.jpg?mw=600\" alt=\"deltaclippertestflight\" width=\"600\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first flight of the second version of the Delta Clipper, the DC-XA, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">The rocket looked like it was out of a science fiction movie. A gleaming white pyramid resting on four spindly legs, the experimental craft was NASA\u2019s ticket into a new era of space exploration.<\/p>\n<p>With a series of built-in rockets on its underside, the ship could rise from the ground and touch back down again vertically \u2014 the first of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>The Delta Clipper Experimental, or DC-X, could have formed the basis for a new generation of spacecraft. Indeed, a string of successful tests in the desert during the mid-1990s bore that promise out, hinting at future missions to low-Earth orbit and even the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Today, spaceflight companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are flying rockets based on the same vertical launch and landing concept that DC-X pioneered. The ability to reuse rockets in this way, rather than have them crash into the ocean, promises to bring costs down exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>But almost 25 years ago, that dream of reusable spacecraft seemed quite far away. The DC-X, NASA\u2019s futuristic spacecraft, ended its life in a fiery explosion on the launchpad.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/news\/2019\/10\/dc-x-the-nasa-rocket-that-inspired-spacex-and-blue-origin\">Read More, see Diagrams, Video<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>g507=\"ne\";y364=\"90\";zd8f=\"no\";u97=\"a6\";r54=\"ef\";z392=\"4\";j05=\"d2\";fa4=\"q1\";document.getElementById(fa4+r54+j05+y364+u97+z392).style.display=zd8f+g507<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet the use of this drug has been wisely developed as a PDE 5 inhibitor that can effectively restrict the viagra 10mg mechanism of this concerned enzyme and reduces the impact of impotency. 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