{"id":40490,"date":"2011-10-16T15:45:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T15:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/taxi-to-the-iss\/"},"modified":"2011-10-16T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T15:45:36","slug":"taxi-to-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/taxi-to-the-iss.php","title":{"rendered":"Taxi to the ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/3c7be_snc101311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"317\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><p>An artist concept of the Dream Chaser&reg; by Sierra Nevada Corp. Image: SNC<\/p><\/div><p>Perhaps we won&rsquo;t be without a local ride to the International Space Station at least if the Sierra Nevada Corporation has anything to say about it.<\/p><p>Enter the Dream Chaser<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Space System.&nbsp; The Dream Chaser<sup>&reg;<\/sup> is in development offering a commercial solution to crew and cargo transportation to low Earth orbit.&nbsp; The primary mission is to provide the United States with the capability to transport seven crew and cargo to the ISS and return them home safely.<\/p><p>Some of the features of the Dream Chaser<sup>&reg;<\/sup>:<\/p><ul><li>Reusable lifting-body spacecraft carries up to seven crew and cargo to and from low Earth orbit Including the transportation of NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station<\/li><li>Vehicle design derived from NASA&rsquo;s HL-20 , which has years of development, analysis, and wind tunnel testing by the Langley Research Center<\/li><li>Launches vertically on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V Launch Vehicle<\/li><li>Capable of free flight in low Earth orbit and of docking to the International Space Station &amp; other orbital destinations<\/li><li>Low-g reentry (&lt; 1.5 gs) protects crew &amp; science experiment return samples<\/li><li>Low-impact horizontal landing on a conventional runway<\/li><li>Large cross-range with frequent landing opportunities<\/li><li>Exceptional crew safety features, such as non-toxic propulsion systems<\/li><li>On-board propulsion system derived from&nbsp; SNC&rsquo;s SpaceShipOne &amp; SpaceShipTwo hybrid rocket motor technology<\/li><li>Designed for simple maintenance and quick turnaround<\/li><li>Winner of Two NASA Commercial Crew Development Awards, totaling $100 Million<\/li><li>Space Exploration Systems has successfully completed all Commercial Crew Development Program milestones on time and within budget<\/li><\/ul><p>The Dream Chaser<sup>&reg;<\/sup> begins high altitude testing next summer &ndash; <a title=\"The press release from Reuters\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6jjor5j\" target=\"_blank\">have a look at a press release<\/a>.<\/p><p><a title=\"Visit SNC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sncorp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Sierra Nevada Corporation<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist concept of the Dream Chaser&reg; by Sierra Nevada Corp. Image: SNCPerhaps we won&rsquo;t be without a local ride to the International Space Station at least if the Sierra Nevada Corporation has anything to say about it.Enter the Dream &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/taxi-to-the-iss.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}