Space plane development

Title

Space plane development

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Feb 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:04:21

Description

Paul Maurice reports on HOTOL, Britain’s Horizontal Take off Launcher, a space plane which will initially launch satellites. Speaks to Engineering Director of Rolls-Royce, Gordon Lewis, who comments on the US Orient Express space plane project; Peter Conchi(?), project director.

Contributors

Paul Maurice; Gordon Lewis; Peter Conchi(?)

Keywords

Aircraft; British Aerospace; Space; Aerospace engineering; Satellites; Rolls-Royce; HOTOL

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