NASA’s Breakthrough! Dream Chaser Changes Space Travel Forever

[@audioartisan]

So happy to see a 'space shuttle' type of legacy live on!

[@wayneharrison]

YESSS! 🛫🌌👍👍

[@chriswirges5202]

This is an evolution of our larger shuttle using advanced materials. It fits beautifully into all the low Earth orbit projects planned in the near future.

[@garyfilmer382]

Looking forward to Dream Chaser making its first flight into space, it’s a big step forward. Thanks for the interesting video!

[@CatD-d4x]

@@garyfilmer382 It's done you are watching it. They will have the same CGI as above as a proof. People will buy it as always. 😂

[@RJ420NL]

So, an updated Space Shuttle? 30 years overdue.

[@bluemoon-20]

But Trump is finishing the project; Greenland will be used as a landing strip.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

It only carries passengers

[@evelynamadio3059]

This is not a shuttle it's a plane. Looks similar though. It's designed to bring cargo to the ISS with no crew aboard. Eventually it will adapted for passengers.

[@TerryT0114]

Clearly they needed your genius to speed up things.

[@CatD-d4x]

That's because the shuttle was a plane. ​@@evelynamadio3059

[@RissaFirecat]

I love it! Glad to see you back, NASA!!

[@isaiahmaes509]

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 🇺🇸 🚀

[@threeraven13]

It's a real shame they didn't call it the Farscape 1.

[@frankens43]

Was thinking the exact same thing.

[@MikeTsBees]

Yeah it really looks like his ship. Now we just need a living ship

[@inguzwulf]

And I was just about to say I was awaiting a news of a wormhole..

[@GlennJSpiro]

Right it looks like that ship.

[@sirbungee]

And this is how StarTrek begins

[@AndrewMaksym]

Maybe Stargate comes first? Timeline wise.

[@scottmorton2053]

Stargate into halo into star trek then finally star wars!

[@SweetSunrising]

1.5 Gs re-entry and can land on almost any runway 🎉

[@howarddittrich157]

Competition is good. Hope it lives up to all the hype.

[@satkinson5505]

NASA has always been cutting edge when it comes to animations.

[@gerryk101]

This shuttle should serve as a Lifepod attached to the mothership .

[@maryschell8039]

how different is it to the Shuttle that used to service the ISS? and what powers the Chaser?

[@garymemetoo2238]

It appears to be a lot smaller. A saving grace is that it is from a private contractor.

[@Sand_1995]

​@@garymemetoo2238what makes it better if it's from a private contractor? NASA is still paying them for the R&D costs the company incurred and probably even more to cushion their profit margins.

[@killax7]

16 sunsets is doing a series right now on the development of the shuttle. The nasa and air force partnership caused a lot of design issues with the shuttle. For example it was way oversized. The large bay was a military requirement for a still classified mission that never happened.

[@scottmorton2053]

Has more curves to distract the aliens

[@scottmorton2053]

​@@killax7 space force boarding mission on Goaul'd mothership

[@TraumaQueen65]

And, there isn't an Elon in sight 😁 God speed to all and safe landings

[@ThatOpalGuy]

It's a good thing

[@Sonsaiyon]

It's thanks to Elon that NASA pushed this invention out. And I'll explain why... look at Elons Tesla, China started making It's own electric vechiles, and Elon was asked how he felt loose in the sales on ele tric cars, his response was, he didn't, bc now other companies around the world are making electric cars, so he lost, basically what he intended would happen. Now he's done the same to NASA with SpaceX. No SpaceX, no NASA space shuttle 😂

[@paulgreen6980]

It's not been it to space yet so maybe an Elon will be needed to get the thing up there!

[@dziurawiec31]

The program is almost as old as SpaceX; if there was an Elon involved, it might've sped things up.

[@denniskrust2137]

​@@dziurawiec31Yeah. Sure. Recall the explosion poisoning the area around it in Texas? Muskler says manned mission to Mars in '29. Bets?

[@Chef_PC]

I really want to see this thing fly. I wouldn't mind seeing a fleet of them.

[@comment8767]

I hope they attach the heat tiles with better glue.

[@gregclaflin9026]

Good Space X competition for low Earth orbit. Although I cheer Space X’s achievements, being the only game in town is not a good strategy for the exploitation of outer space.

[@SweetSunrising]

YESSSS!!! Dream Chaser’s still in the contract

[@frankens43]

Wasn't this like cryton's ship in farscape?

[@jonathanhillman2697]

The VAB shown at the beginning, is at KSC, not Johnson SFC

[@petersguazzato8291]

This is amazing I wish you all good luck and gods speed 🙏

[@dougbright8120]

Tell 'em they're dreamin' ...

[@capnhardway]

At 2:42 you mentioned NASA space center in Houston and showed the VAB in FL. For people that don't know confusing. Don't understand how you can make such a video and not get facts right.

[@RAYRAAMSALU]

Interesting content but the background ' Muzak ' is extremely distracting,

[@alannorris8465]

We hope that the Chaser can truly be a workhorse. Quick turnaround, increased safety, economical reusabilty; this can be a leap forward. The space shuttle was designed by and utilized computer technology of the 1970s. With the advances made in materials, engine technology, and "space stuff", it should be a wonderful advancement. A Spanish galleon and a clipper ship look similar and work basically the same, but their capabilities are vastly different.

[@KathrynLiz1]

Shades of the old "Dynaglider" from quite a number of years ago....50 or so.... The Dynaglider has issues due to lack of the electronics we have today, but the concept was sound.

[@panzer9976]

I remember the Dyna Soar X-20 when I was a kid. I was hoping it would be our spacecraft. I believe they chose rockets over the Dyna Soar for cost and speed of development due to the Space Race at the time. It was technically a better path but NASA and the US Government wanted to win the Space Race and not have a superior spacecraft that finished 2nd in the race to the moon.

[@josephsmith2561]

How is this different from the x37B that has been in service for years with military?

[@markfinley3703]

When is the maiden flight scheduled?

[@petesteirer]

Designed by Lockheed and Rockwell 50 years ago.

[@JetBirdZ]

Looks just like the lifting bodies from the 1950's 😎

[@billinct860]

I always take a new space vehicle's predictions with a grain of salt. I remember in the late 1970's hearing NASA ads claiming the Space Shuttle would make other rockets obsolete and pay for itself. This didn't happen it and cost the lives of 14 people as well as 2 shuttles destroyed.

[@SuperiorDave]

I think the more, the better. That way, there will never be another stranded astronaut again.

[@PatrickSmolinski]

Manned or not?

[@reverseuniverse2559]

That’s pretty cool 😎

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

Fireball XL5. Once a cartoon, now a reality. The robot is also on the verge of reality.

[@thatbigblackguychannel2576]

Didn't this do extended duration classified space missions years ago? How can it be a maiden flight if its been doing secret missions since before the lockdowns? Am I missing something?

[@JDGConsulting]

Well the description of "Space Plane" is not really correct. At most it could be classed as a "Space Glider".... As it needs a tow to get to space before it glides back down.

[@gavinlenuzza748]

Didn’t they try this decades ago and decided it wasn’t cost effective enough and scrapped the whole “shuttle like” design. Like it would be absolutely awesome getting engines strong enough but they don’t get enough thrust to get out of the atmosphere i believe

[@peterclareburt4594]

A much smaller plane but a company in NZ is testing and building a reusable drone that can take off and land on any runway and is designed to go up to the low obit, two times a day. Dawn Aero space. I guess over the next decade there will be lots of this sort of initiative.

[@micahhight]

The ISS is about to fall apart, what do you mean needed to restock? You mean to rebuild?

[@TraumaQueen65]

More like crashed into the planet, than 'fall apart'! It still makes my heart sad

[@johnbrown1867]

This had me confused. I just recently read that space x was given the contract to bring it out of orbit.

[@andrewriker5518]

Looks cool. They should call it...... space shuttle?

[@sirbungee]

i call it a puddle jumper

[@evelynamadio3059]

Except it's a plane, not a shuttle.

[@DougieL]

Not too dissimilar, initially on the eye, than a shuttle. I assume that there is something in the design so scientific that the best shape is X and therefore that is why it is a little bit similar in some areas? Function over form.

[@TimothyLipinski]

Great Video ! The the Dream Chaser is what the NASA Space Shuttle should have been ! NASA management killed two Crews of the NASA Space Shuttle program ! The Dream Chaser can help service the new low inclination LEO CSS heading East from the KSC ! This LEO CSS will have a Fuel Depot nearby that can support missions to the moon and beyond ! A LS Fuel Depot is needed near the South Pole Lunar Outpost/Base (Clementine Base) ! This will help bring down costs (USD/U$D) in Cis-Lunar Space ! Timothy Lipinski

[@Artik1B]

So it's like mini spacy shuttle😊

[@ericsternberger2768]

soon on Amazon!

[@tompariseau4298]

Doesn't space x catch it's own rockets. Not to be mean but space x has grown so fast and in 30 years this is what nasa comes up with.

[@edthompson9569]

Seems more like add copy than a technical update.

[@kirksnyder6190]

What is taking so long in producing this vehicle? I remember reading about this 10 years ago. Plus, it is still way to limited in its usage. Waiting to be impressed.

[@tonyfield2360]

Interesting clip, but more froth than beer. It’s obviously a newer and smaller version of the Space Shuttle (which was a stupendous achievement in itself - built nearly 50 years ago!) but how else is it different? Details, please.

[@Patcatwomantech]

DreamChaser beats hell out of SpaceX

[@billhobson1277]

Can it be used for manned spaceflight?

[@schatteneminenzfn]

Can i get a spaceship plz

[@SantiagoOrtiz-e3u]

Who's here in 2070 🥱

[@Kiritolover-x4h]

Me I'm from philippines I wish all Chinese don't copy this technology😂😂

[@davidbeirne6234]

They will

[@michaelreid2329]

I guess if BO makes it to orbit, and possibly lands for reuse, Dreamchaser may be better suited to launch on New Glenn rather than Starship, especially since SpaceX is to make Falcon obsolete.

[@healthybeginnings6033]

The rosenante doesn't need a rocket to go to space...NASA should up their game

[@Portents-Magic-imagination]

Go NASA!

[@dennisfordii9737]

Haven't they been using a unmanned version for awhile now ?

[@khurshidchaudhry2227]

No front wheel?

[@victorsago]

I wonder about that too.

[@Tom-f5q8e]

Useless. Best is no part. Just change the pad on that and you’re good.

[@ethanhoward5662]

Damage to expensive and extremely long run ways?

[@Classic_Greats]

Get it to take off, achieve orbit, and land like a plane. Then you really have something.

[@stephenleach1410]

I can't help but wonder why is it that China has a space station as well? And why is it that China is so focused on the moon? If we don't actively have a station on the moon, will never get to Mars. IT WILL COST TOO MUCH TO BYPASS THE MOON

[@jayferret007]

Why is America the only one allowed to have a space station??

[@davidbeirne6234]

Don't you know what ISS stands for dummy?

[@davidbeirne6234]

It's the INTERNATIONAL Space Station

[@johnbrown1867]

Maybe they are trying to be firsts in the asteroid mining business. Having a stranglehold on nearly unlimited minerals would be quite the boon.

[@GershTalentAbeny]

220 moronic answers when you said why is America the only one to have a space station or allowed to ? it's because us Americans saved your ass.. in World War 1 and World War II in many other situations as we come in and kick ass like we always do! and you know it. 🤣🤣💪💪

[@kenjohnson6101]

When?

[@victorsago]

First flight planned to be in May 2025.

[@jeremyevans8374]

OK, it doesn't sound like that much of a game changer. It sounds like more of a compact version of the space shuttle. I don't hear much in the way of capabilities that the space shuttle didn't already have except that it can fit inside a rocket.

[@thomasstevenrothmbamd2384]

Wow.

[@richardzapor4607]

This has been done by the US govt for nearly a decade. It's also a a spin-off of the shuttle.

[@theunbound1]

I saw that on farscape.

[@LaurenceCousins-ov9tn]

Aren't they supposed to decommissioned ISS?

[@AshleighClark-u6t]

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[@bobmester3475]

Space title mini me? Hopefully it will be much more cost efficient.

[@TamaraTorres-v7s]

You have to break the sound barrier, land in San Bernardino county,San Bernardino,vCA airport ,I LIVE IN YUCAIPA CA,

[@hemaccabe4292]

No front wheel.

[@victorsago]

I wonder about that as well.

[@hemaccabe4292]

@ Either there is a front wheel and it’s broken or they don’t have a front wheel and it’ll be a whole lot of expensive maintenance to fix every time.

[@FosterTravis1071]

Dreamchaser has been on the drawing board since the first shuttle test flight in 79/80. It's no better, probably WORSE. The feds have a bad habit of creating the highest price items using the lowest price bidder. I'm just trying to wrap my head around why we need it when we have our own population in near poverty.

[@ArtFreeman]

The space shuttle lives again.

[@hallodaar8702]

I wonder how these folding wings will hold up during re-entry.

[@billstream1974]

What Rocket will be delivering it to low earth orbit?

[@nawie9ator]

You know what else is massive?

[@billygreen9915]

It has a stupid name but looks cool

[@ag1382]

What will it do when ISS eventually meets the surface of the Indian or Pacific oceans?

[@tonylunaticcain6951]

dear nasa, if you ever need someone smart but ready for whatever outcome let me know

[@reaperstanek2364]

So it's basically an updated space shuttle. It still has to be launched by a rocket.

[@grbo859]

Looks like a 45 years old joke... 12000 pounds, really? - 5 metric tons? The Starship takes 100 metric tons. That's 20 times more. And the Starship is reusable. Reusable in all its parts. The Straship is already a candidate to become next version of the ISS... I'd really like to know what differs the Dreamchaser from all previous, 45 years ago, developed shuttles...

[@grumpusmaximus9446]

Starship may never be certified to land on earth with humans on board. Dream chaser is primarily a people mover, and it can land at any large commercial airport.

[@billr8667]

Dream Chaser is compact, sleek. risky, and an incredible waste of limited resources. Like the Space Shuttle, it enables the U.S. to waste almost unfathomable sums again and again. The resources spent on manned space travel would be much better spent on saving Earth and improving the human condition here and around the world.

[@brendanhall5298]

Isn't the issue being decommissioned soon?

[@jessmarksrushent.1769]

They will weaponize this

[@markl8111]

Wish someone had imagination building these things. Why not build a variant able to land on the moon, a dedicated version, no heatsheild, landing legs, and thrusters capable of being used in orbit and as a moon lander.

[@Billybob11488]

Look it's Farscape 1

[@tenlittleindians]

Space Scuttle 2.0

[@Yadickhead]

Like the caption says, it’s only a dream. Mericans like to build weapons not dreams

[@ShaggyUltraLounge]

It still needs a rocket. So, not so much improvement over space shuttle. I'd better be watching out for news on the SABRE engine which so far is the only hope to get rid of the rockets to reach orbit.

[@norushat4life]

So space shuttle part deux ? The shuttle did all of thst in the 80s you call this " progress" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JohnOhkumaThiel]

Not really. The shuttles, a lot of the parts had to be rebuilt after every mission, and it wasn't easy to launch, much less relaunch. The shuttles were also a lot bigger and less agile.

[@JohnOhkumaThiel]

That's basically like saying the Dragon capsule is just a freshly painted version of the Apollo capsule.

[@frankorusso]

Il progresso del loro conto in banca...

[@billygreen9915]

Yup the model T is the same as the ford 500 gt

[@jameshattingh]

😂😂

[@charlieford5523]

It a modified shuttle even looks similar.

[@alasdairslade1390]

Space shuttle reimagined.

[@davewebster1627]

Why does it not burn up on re entery8

[@christiane.g.4142]

Looks like Elon will soon have some competition. And with Blue Origin readying their New Glenn rocket, this is starting to look like a no holds barred competitive MMA fight for space launch dominance! I can already hear Mike Buffer's rousing intro: "To the thousands in attendance... and the millions watching from around the world... lllllllllllet's get ready to rumblllllllllle!"

[@Displacement-destroyer]

Well they haven't even watched yet and I already see a problem SpaceX had the same issue with the moving fins allowing plasma to get in and burn things up now the first thing I see on this is folding wings with the same scenario I see coming I hope there's not going to be a pilots😢❤ maybe somebody at nasa will see this and make sure I'm wrong😢

[@lukeb5584]

What is the launch date? 2030?

[@victorsago]

May 2025.

[@TheRIBLING]

Bring back an alien in a ship as strong as a meteorite

[@scotte2815]

useless this video was a rehash of brochure type sales pitch platitudes no details no tech info no scheduling info USELESS

[@robinwiddrington5765]

Can it return astronauts back to earth?

[@ronfaujr1]

🎉🎉🎉

[@garnGad]

No mention of any astronauts taking a flight to the ISS on this ? All squished up in a conventional rocket ship 🚀?.