I'm currently working on making semi-reuseable rockets. More like it, I'm trying to make rockets that come back to Earth in one piece.
So far, I have done Osiris 0 and 1.
Osiris 0:
It was a atmospheric test flight, where basically I was messing with a could-be booster that had a probe in it. It was able to land, but this was only a flight using one booster without a rocket to control. This booster would not be realistic, because the booster would be hard to control, there would be to much to control (the 2 boosters, and the rocket itself), and it would be hard to land without something important breaking. Note: I did this before Project Osiris existed. But I thought this would be a good thing to add, so I named this test Osiris 0, as it wasn't a true part of Project Osiris.
Osiris 1:
Osiris 1 was a sub-orbital test flight for Project Osiris. It used a SSTO (Single Stage To Orbit) rocket, covered with heat shields on one side. It was barely able to reach orbit, which it was surprising, as it was just a test flight that was not intended to reach orbit. So using remaining fuel, the rocket was lowered to a sub-orbital trajectory. It deorbited successfully, minus the fact that the Hawk engine used to get to orbit didn't have a heat shield covering it, making it detach from the rocket and burn up in the upper atmosphere. Other than this small blip, the mission was a success, and landed safely, and the astronaut still alive.
Expect more missions from Project Osiris soon, even though a fully reusable rocket isn't going to come for a long time from this project. I will also show photos from future projects, as I was not thinking about such evidence when doing these tests.
So far, I have done Osiris 0 and 1.
Osiris 0:
It was a atmospheric test flight, where basically I was messing with a could-be booster that had a probe in it. It was able to land, but this was only a flight using one booster without a rocket to control. This booster would not be realistic, because the booster would be hard to control, there would be to much to control (the 2 boosters, and the rocket itself), and it would be hard to land without something important breaking. Note: I did this before Project Osiris existed. But I thought this would be a good thing to add, so I named this test Osiris 0, as it wasn't a true part of Project Osiris.
Osiris 1:
Osiris 1 was a sub-orbital test flight for Project Osiris. It used a SSTO (Single Stage To Orbit) rocket, covered with heat shields on one side. It was barely able to reach orbit, which it was surprising, as it was just a test flight that was not intended to reach orbit. So using remaining fuel, the rocket was lowered to a sub-orbital trajectory. It deorbited successfully, minus the fact that the Hawk engine used to get to orbit didn't have a heat shield covering it, making it detach from the rocket and burn up in the upper atmosphere. Other than this small blip, the mission was a success, and landed safely, and the astronaut still alive.
Expect more missions from Project Osiris soon, even though a fully reusable rocket isn't going to come for a long time from this project. I will also show photos from future projects, as I was not thinking about such evidence when doing these tests.