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By Pat Hynes on Nov 15th, 2011
Topics: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Boeing X-37 space plane, BOR-4 , Carl Erlich, Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE-CST) , Dream Chaser, Energia rocket, HL-20, Mark Sirangelo, NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program (CCDev), NASA Langley Research Center, New Mexico State University, New Mexico , North Carolina State University, Pat Hynes, Spaceport America, Spaceport America, US Air Force , , Sierra Nevada Corporation
Topics: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Boeing X-37 space plane, BOR-4 , Carl Erlich, Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE-CST) , Dream Chaser, Energia rocket, HL-20, Mark Sirangelo, NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program (CCDev), NASA Langley Research Center, New Mexico State University, New Mexico , North Carolina State University, Pat Hynes, Spaceport America, Spaceport America, US Air Force , , Sierra Nevada Corporation
Did you know the United States copied a Russian space plane called the BOR-4 and adapted it in the 1990’s to a manned orbital space plane called the HL 20? On Tuesday, November 8th, I went to the Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) plant in Livingston, Colorado, accompanied by Carl Ehrlich, the manager of the Rockwell study team who worked on the HL 20 program in the 1990’s. We were guests of Mark Sirangelo, ...


