Is this based on a real concept? I googled for alcor and all I found was an American corpse freezing company. :lol:
No, it is my own idea, although I was inspired by the Norhrop M2F3 lifting body. I added a service module and fairing and tried to do the launcher as reusable as possible - and here's the output of my 14-days work...
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I'm guessing it's named after
the constellation, as spacecraft tend to be.
Yes, when I was thinking about the name, i was looking at the famous star names list on wikipedia... and i found this nice well-known couple of stars. And I told to myself.... Mizar... the launch vehicle MIZAR.... it sounds like
"very big and very strong":lol:... and his little friend Alcor perfectly fits for a name for a new shuttle. I was surprised, when I saw, that nobody has used those names before I did.
Accidentaly, these stars are the only bright stars I can see in my roof-window when I'm laying in my bed. Only in short period of summer, of course. Right now. It must be a sign from heavens...:hail:
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Accidentaly, these stars are the only bright stars I can see in my roof-window when I'm laying in my bed. Only in short period of summer, of course. Right now. It must be a sign from heavens...:hail:
OMG i have just looked out of the window (i have 00:30 AM here) to test it again.... holy sh.... they're still right there!:uhh: