How 'bout that?
This reminded me of my post recently about combining a gas gun with a microwave beaming technology in order to send a small payload to orbit. The idea is for a reusable launch system with fast turnaround. This would make it affordable. It was a speculative post, as I know of no project like this in the works at all.
Seems rather complex though. The replacement company for SpaceX in the Stratolaunch project can get small payloads to orbit using the Pegasus rocket. But it isn't reusable. So far as I know, Orbital Sciences isn't planning to make their rockets reusable.
Maybe JP gets there eventually, but a few stepping stones wouldn't hurt. Well, its a thought, anyway.
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