https://freerepublic.com/tag/roton/ en-us Mon, 12 May 2003 02:23:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/909742/posts It was to be "The Last Flight of the Roton," but the flight was not nearly as long as organizers hoped. The last vestige of an attempt to create a low-cost space-launch system, the Roton ATV was headed from its birthplace at the Mojave Airport for display at Classic Rotors, a helicopter museum located at the Ramona Airport. But like many flight experiments before it, this one ended in disappointment Saturday morning. The effort to carry the six-story, cone-shaped vehicle, created by Rotary Rocket, beneath an Army helicopter ran into unexpected difficulties once airborne and the two never left the... Antelope Valley Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/909742/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2003 02:23:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/671265/posts XCOR Aerospace Acquires Rotary Rocket Assets XCOR Aerospace announced today that it has acquired selected assets of the Rotary Rocket Company, including the full and exclusive rights to all technology developed by Rotary Rocket. XCOR also acquired patents for various reusable launch vehicle technologies and certain equipment. The exclusive rights to the Rotary Rocket video and photo archive were included in the acquisition. ``Our team worked together for several years prior to starting XCOR. As a result, we are able to effectively incorporate the acquired technology into current projects,'' said XCOR CEO Jeff Greason. The company plans to use some... Spaceref https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/671265/posts#comment Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:34:42 GMT