Space R&D: Videos
Elon Musk - National Space Symposium, April 1, 2009 | Space Foundation
"A video of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, speaking at the Space Foundations 25th National Space Symposium, April 1, 2009." Musk shows dramatic video of the successful Falcon 1 rocket launch, a recent Falcon 9 engine firing, and a high-quality animation of a future Falcon 9/Dragon capsule launch of human crew, transport of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, docking, undocking, reentry and water recovery using parachutes. In Q&A he reiterates their long-term goal of developing a fully-reusuable launch system, competing strongly in the international launch market, being a major cargo transporter to/from the ISS, and wanting to transport humans to LEO, the Moon and even Mars.
Reaction Engines Limited :: Skylon : Operations Animation
An impressive video depicting a future RLV spacecraft using reaction engines that propel it from an airport takeoff to an altitude where the rocket function kicks in and it goes into Earth orbit.