For decades, humans have been trying to make a plane that can reach space and return to Earth by way of a runway. Space shuttles aside, only now is the dawn of the space plane finally upon us. In this episode, Ashlee Vance reports on a New Zealand company that has built its own space-plane prototype. Dawn Aerospace hopes to establish a cheap, quick way to transport objects into orbit, and in doing so transform the commercialization of space.
- Christchurch-based aerospace company unveils new suborbital spaceplane
- Dawn Aerospace - increasing NZ space flight
- Space flights could take off from Oamaru
- Reusable rocket trial fires up at Pukaki Airport in the Mackenzie
