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Aeryn Avilla

The Empire Strikes Back: The "Barbarian" Satellite Polyus

The Soviet Union's space laser that could've gone head-to-head with Reagan's Star Wars

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Aeryn Avilla

New Wings for the Old World: the European Space Agency's Hermes Spaceplane

Hermes was designed to provide Europe with independent crewed access to space. What happened to it?

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Skunk Works' X-33 and VentureStar

Let's take a look at the Shuttle's would-be replacement, Lockheed's VentureStar

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Operation Backfire and the British Megaroc

Megaroc was the name of the manned V-2 rocket proposed by the British Interplanetary Society in 1946. How did it work?

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Aeryn Avilla

One Giant Leap: Philip Bono's ROMBUS

Philip Bono was a brilliant engineer who lived decades before his time. Let's look at his most notable proposal, ROMBUS.

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