[AR] Re: Amateurs and HSF

  • From: Peter Fairbrother <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:51:35 +0100

On 26/07/2022 05:40, Henry Spencer wrote:

Even the regulatory situation changes:  when thrust exceeds lift for more than half the powered ascent, *it's not an airplane any more*, even if it resembles one -- it's a "suborbital rocket" and the spaceflight rules and regulatory process apply.

Henry, how is the "half" measured? Height, time, thrust-x-time vs lift-times-time, something else?

tia

Peter Fairbrother

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