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HOTOL was a 1980s British project to build a totally reusable Space Shuttle. The project was cancelled and as it existed in the pre-internet age it's hard to find information about it.
Whilst I was making my Spaceplanes video I came across a HOTOL brochure from 1985. I thought I would go through it and give an overview of this extremely interesting project.
For an explanation of why I think SSTO spaceplanes are the future of space travel check out my spaceplanes video:
• Spaceplanes are the fu...
I'd like to thank the Secret Projects Forum as the source for a lot of the resources used in making this video:
www.secretprojects.co.uk/thre...
The background rolling Earth orbit video is from:
"ORBIT - A Journey Around Earth in Real Time"
• ORBIT - Journey Around...