Performance and Technological Feasibility of Aerospace Plane Horizontal Launch and Landing with Ekranoplane Assistance

Abstract

Alexander Nebylov and Vladimir Nebylov

Numerous attempts to reduce the cost of launching a satellite into low Earth orbit (LEO) were undertaken in many countries and characterize the current trend to make space projects economically viable and less costly. This is necessary for the progress of the development of our earthly civilization, its evolution according to the plans of the outstanding Russian thinker, the founder of cosmonautics Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky. Mastering of the Moon and Mars are the necessary steps in the cosmic evolution of earthlings. Unfortunately, this process has not led presently to a sharp decrease in the specific launch cost. The concepts of such task solving are considered in this paper.

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