Hyperion: Reusable Landing Zone 1

Philip Bono's impressive single-stage-to-orbit design from the 1960s, the "Hyperion," captivated the aerospace industry with its innovative features. This remarkable vehicle, equipped with a plug-nozzle engine for ascent and re-entry heat shield, was capable of transporting 18,100 kg of payload or up to 110 passengers to orbit in just 45 minutes, or to any point on earth.
One unique aspect of the Hyperion was its launch method - a horizontal takeoff and vertical landing (HTVL) sled that provided a 300 m/s boost to the vehicle before it ascended to orbit. The sled was 3 km long with a straight course followed by a 1 km ascent up a mountainside, providing a 3 G acceleration.
This sled launch mode not only reduced the SSTO's dry mass, but it also made the Hyperion fully reusable, ideal for flights from inland sites, where fuel tanks wouldn't have to be dropped during flight. The Hyperion traveled at an astonishing 1100 km/h as it left the sled at the end of the 3 km launch rail.
However, the Hyperion's launch system required a 1.7 km high mountain, which made Douglas, the manufacturer, view the concept mainly as an experimental vehicle. Despite this, Douglas projected the cost to develop the Hyperion at $1.5 billion ($8 billion in 1999 economic conditions), with a cost per seat of $3000, or $15000-16000 in 1999.
In conclusion, Philip Bono's Hyperion design was a groundbreaking creation in the aerospace industry, showcasing the possibilities of a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle with unique takeoff and landing capabilities. Although it was viewed as experimental, the Hyperion remains a remarkable achievement in the history of space exploration.

[@FerrellRamey]

Pretty good animation.

[@danmacgowan8242]

Awesome work. Love the movie time ending.

[@PatousMcGillicuddy]

That shot of it in orbit-beautiful.

[@byaafacehead]

Wow, this makes me think of Stoke space. They thought of everything in the 60's lol

[@Ithirahad]

Thought of everything, and funded none of it. Some of it is just now actually happening as a weird side-effect of runaway capitalism.

[@PAKODM23]

Громозека и птица Говорун прибыли )))

[@user-qk4xo1nh1f]

Летающая светодиодная лампочка)))

[@longtsun8286]

Excellent work.

[@Mr.Deleterious]

The sound waves on that planet travels at the speed of light. Which im pretty certain would rip your face off along with the rest of your skin, muscles and bones.....while also creating an instant black hole.

[@fast-toast]

You mean the speed of sound?

[@johnelliott0101]

I could look at this all day. 😊

[@jaggg.3821]

😮😮😮wait a minute hyperion? That's a battle that took place during The Titanomachy war between The Olympian's and The Titan's led by SATAL/ATLAS They Lost people.

[@andreadonadello9048]

Great landing.

[@roslyntaber9580]

This video is a pure beauty Dwayne Elliot chéri ...

[@christopherneufelt8971]

Yes, I remember this, it was during JFK's second term back in 66'. Funny times, as the president had his wife and mistress in the WH while he was self appointed Chief of Staff for the space agency. We never thought that the program will go that far. Funny times, we even had Elvis to sing duet with Alice Cooper.

[@zoltanszabados8445]

That sounds like one hell of an alternate reality.

[@christopherneufelt8971]

@@zoltanszabados8445 Hi Zoltan. Yes it was. We never thought that we'll see the first gay marriage between the two.😁

[@SterileNeutrino]

That was when time travel became reality as journalist Philip K. Dick recounted in the Pulitzer price-winning "A little something for us tempunauts"

[@christopherneufelt8971]

@@SterileNeutrino 🤣 Now am laughing as mad! Thanks! I have read and studied some of his material and perhaps he is somewhere there, alternating a morphogenetic field to assist us both with humor! His book Valis, is his personal testimony about his future. Thanks again.

[@user-kf1pm1lq7s]

Пепелац на лампочку светодиодную похож

[@victor_yekutiel]

ку

[@user-kf1pm1lq7s]

@@victor_yekutiel ты у миня кто-пацак? -или четланин?

[@Chris.Davies]

We have spent billions of dollars and many decades studying SSTO concepts and so we know a LOT about them. AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THEY ARE NO DAMNED GOOD.

[@roslyntaber9580]

Hyperion is so stunning so fascinating and always so moving so emmotionel Dwayne Elliot chéri Its break heart cause Its really so magic like u Dwayne chéri ...

[@albertorafaelcisnerosperfe4899]

Astonishing ❤

[@Mr.Deleterious]

The sound on that planet breaks the conservation of momentum and would leave Einstein scratching his head, since the sonic booms travel at light speed. Instantaneous black hole lol

[@roslyntaber9580]

Dwayne chéri je t'adore mon ange Love so Space with u chéri Its so beautiful so brillant so powerful so magic and especialy so moving like u Dwayne chéri ...

[@user-MR3og7tb4X]

КРУТО🎉🎉🎉

[@almolamananerapresidentede2036]

Exelent ❤❤❤❤❤

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

I love the idea of the landing rockets being in a ring around a domed heat shield, wonder how effect that would be IRL

[@Unbaguettable]

stoke space is doing something similar for their 2nd stage. check out their hop test they did a while back, it’s really awesome

[@user-wg8rm4pi4f]

Всё это красиво но приземляться безопаснее на советской технике.

[@korsar818]

На какой?

[@user-zc4pn3nf2z]

Your burnt

[@lalala7806]

AND THERE IT GOES!!😮

[@lalala7806]

Good job, men.

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

There's a company trying to make something like this now, yes?

[@Helix_GD]

Yes, Stoke Space it is.

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

The music makes it PERFECT! 😱😁🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇸

[@jim2lane]

Yet another cool CGI representation of a really cool launch system that we'll never see fly in the real world

[@markpullman785]

yet

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

Excellent. Even the change in the sound pitch as it gets closer to the ground is spot on. You should do a video with the Rogallo wing being used.

[@Akrepkrall0000]

bir sehir kadar buyuk ama sanki montak

[@Mtahir-gx3yh]

ققق

[@butchwalker5840]

Amazing job. I'm just so impressed that we have the technology to do this now.

[@schlimanopera]

Этой технологии не было и нет до сих пор))) а это видео прекрасный фильм со спец эффектами😅

[@fernandovillalobos8248]

Yea CGI has came a long way....😅😅

[@BilichaGhebremuse]

Excellent

[@lopsidedpolygon]

the first prototype dropship from the battletech universe in action

[@user-mu6up1ys3h]

Frumoasa profesie îmi place mult !!!

[@diamonddave16]

Splendid

[@aldasuguruvaiah8434]

Amazing

[@dr.erikbarrington3621]

Pretty good. The controlled slow descent and the accompanying crackle of the hot engine's gases against the relatively cold atmosphere. One thing you (might have) missed.. as the descent of the space condo cleared the firey stage suddenly there's a clear black and white picture of the ground based operations and support enclave . What kind of camera did he have to see🎉 the ground . Came on!

[@MrMightyZ]

How did you get it done? “Ah, ah, ah well, ah Mr Tracy…”

[@sebastienj6626]

Fabuleux

[@keithgreen3257]

Captain kirk will be amazed 😮😮

[@teodoroprea1282]

Shoutout for the cameraman

[@dragossorin85]

Now this is a good design

[@EuelBall]

We could've had this. We *should* have had this! (I blame Nixon...)

[@_F_J_B_]

Don't blame Nixon. He wanted something far better for us but faced a military coup. That's why he resigned.

[@M167A1]

Nixon made a reasonable choice at the time, choosing the space shuttle over the Apollo applications project. In retrospect, the shuttle did not turn out as promised, but that's not his fault. If you are upset about the last few Apollo missions being canceled as am I, that was more congressional than anything else. If I could go back and change these particular decisions I probably would. A lot more could have been accomplished with the already existing Saturn and related infrastructure. The shuttle had a lot of nice technological spin-offs but we paid way too much for it, but I suppose that's traditional by this point.

[@EuelBall]

@@M167A1 Well, yes. Nixon was ill-advised on many things. (Project 100,000, anybody?) Besides, NASA spending was a small fraction of what we spent on the Vietnam War...

[@user-mj1jm4ix5h]

На сегодняшний день и ещё блишжайшие 25,30 лет это будет доступно лишь очень богатым

[@georgedimakopoulos3581]

Why haven't we gown to Mars yet ?

[@zaheerzaheer2203]

Mashallah

[@celsobodini1883]

cool man, cool

[@pablorictielly473]

It's a teenager who makes these animations, right? There are so many basic design errors that it's actually cool to see.

[@user-us2go6jt6c]

Супер 😅

[@user-ex4si2md6r]

Was proposed back in the early 1979's to not pullute the atmosphere of commercial airliners but 🤔 instead up.. down there in little time

[@sabekkrapek7182]

úgy néz ki mint egy villanykörte 😊

[@user-bh1rg4cr5c]

Так вот где Илон Маск идею почерпнул!

[@nomadsmg1]

Actually look at some of the 1950's, early 60's and such science fiction movies/ TV shows, the vertical launch plus vertical landing was not uncommon. The ramp type sled take off was also in used in a early Science Fiction movie.

[@EuelBall]

@@nomadsmg1 I think that film was "When Worlds Collide"...

[@user-be5kc4dg9i]

The ramp idea was used in Fireball XL5. (Gerry Anderson)

[@user-og9nw1ht9s]

ทำการสำรวจมีความสำเร็จในโลกแห่งความเป็นจริงแล้วครับ ขอบคุณสวรรค์ในอวกาศ ที่สุดในโลกที่ทำให้ทุกคนมองเห็นได้ ? ❤❤ สวัสดีครับ ❤❤

[@user-dk7ld8br1q]

Abrazo fuerte para todos

[@user-kh9bj5tr3o]

Сказочник Андерсон, нервно курит в сторонке с Диснеем вместе!

[@maturainapande8681]

C'est comme ça que l'homme est allé sur la lune ? 😅 Dans le cadre d'un film 😅

[@TuturTurmudi-rd1to]

nice😮😮😮

[@lokogamer4393]

Genial 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@andrewwilliams9419]

CGI is always reusable

[@Sopan_sk]

🙏

[@user-ur8ei4rt3t]

🙏🏼🙏🏼✨✨🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@marcosapbarbosa1971]

Nossa ,é gigantesca 😳😳😳

[@manasyoga]

Is it the real capsule or computer generated simulation 😮either ❤way is great 😊 moment of sharing the image

[@basilcat4579]

Мультик. Гладко было на бумаге, помешали нам овраги.😂

[@user-iv3ig2fb6m]

Пепелац, один в один.

[@Trianon53]

Вот это гравицапа!! 😂

[@MichaelRoy-hc3lz]

To anyone who has the equipment cast this channel's rocket videos on a smart tv and crank the Bluetooth up. It sounds fantastic. Back in the 90s l saw the shuttle take off and even being miles away you could hear that sound that is like nothing else. Hazegrayart nails it

[@TheKeenTribe]

I did too! Lived in Vero Beach for 2 years while working at Life For Youth Ranch.

[@user-ou6wd2hk7r]

Ну всё , наконец то китайцы сели на Марс.

[@jacobomoreno1986]

El coste sería astronómicamente caro, pero claro que sería posible si funciona en un simulador...

[@JonathanOranio-td6bk]

Hey where's the 4 Legs shock balance Auto motion Con-folded??

[@user-dk7ld8br1q]

2noviembre

[@halbertgonzalez6775]

Computer generated 😮

[@irinabrezeanu343]

Waw❤❤🎉

[@YoungHallowprod]

Stoke space really know what the are doing.

[@user-dk7ld8br1q]

4de julio

[@GgG-tw1kj]

ماطار طير وارتفع الا كما طار وقع 🎉ا

[@johnduggan1437]

Nice 😅😅😅

[@user-mj1jm4ix5h]

Потому как ракета кроме этого аппарата больше не чего непонесет так что будет только за большие деньги и в заранее, либо хитромутные коллаборации 🤑

[@user-jp2yo1so2j]

วันก่อนใครไปดวงอาทิตย์ไปได้ แต่เสื้อ มันต้องวิเคราะห์ตลอด สสารมัน เปลี่ยนแปลง หรือ เข้มข้น ไประวังถูกรังษีเข้ากล้ามเนื้อ ดวงอาทิตย์ดีต่อสุขภาพ เราก็เหมือนใบไม้

[@user-dh6lr9uq4d]

Thanks to the development of CG technologies, every psycho can visualize his sick fantasies, not to mention the Mask.

[@TERRAJOVEM6000]

Estúdio de marcenaria e tinta guache

[@ricardohelem7743]

Quanto será que custa o drone que filmou essa nave???

[@user-jo5pd1yk8z]

Победоносный американский мультик. 😂

[@jefflucas_life]

Buzz Light Year?

[@pavelsimonov70]

Прям идеально но только в роликах а на самом деле бух и Бах на взлете

[@safazali9991]

😮ok

[@agbellani]

Show

[@eugentelevka9190]

Grafica video?

[@alexniklas8777]

Керосин куда затаривать? А так ничо, красиво😂

[@petrfnoucek5091]

Smiešne.

[@user-le8tw5im4c]

Что за мультик?

[@arrangoitze]

C’est grotesque

[@juanasanelli6831]

vimana

[@v12tyhgi382]

Многофункциональный Летающий Пердак. Пора Луну уже осваивать.

[@lucduguay11]

Nice cgi

[@user-es3dh3vm2s]

Прям на сопла сел😊

[@alextim3204]

неприкрытые экраном термозащиты двигатели отгорели нахрен в первые минуты схода с орбиты... неоптимальная конструкция верха кабины привела к выгоранию в плазменном хвосте выступающих обзорных иллюминаторов. Поэтому астронавты умерли от температурного раньше, чем кабина разбилась.

[@user-kz4eb3hw6i]

فوتوشوب

[@alecwray88]

Howz the landing gear not get birnt to crisp?

[@walkforgiven]

The cgi is heat proof

[@mgpanther81]

So what exactly is keeping the legs and rocket nozzles from melting during reentry?

[@akizeta]

The rocket nozzles are built to stand high heat anyway - because rocket nozzles - but I surmise that they and the landing legs are inside the shock boundary caused by the round re-entry shield.

[@schlimanopera]

Мммм какая графика))) отстойная в смысле))) интересно, а на чем следовал оператор снимая происходящее в космосе? Или комментаторы которые пишут про крутую технологию и верят в то что это существует не только в прототипа и чертежах реально верят происходящему на видео? 😅😅😅😂

[@user-jp2yo1so2j]

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