Talk:Airbus Defence and Space Spaceplane

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NPOV[edit]

There is no discussion here on a lack of neutrality in the "Criticisms" section, so I am deleting the "Neutrality Disputed" tag. --DOHC Holiday 15:24, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Project cancelled?[edit]

In the list of space tourism companies the Astrium spaceplane is marked as "Cancelled", but the text of this page says nothing about this project having been cancelled. BTW, the information on this page seems fairly old (most references are of 2007). What is the current status now? --Jacek79 (talk) 13:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So we have unsourced cancellation. I think this should not be there if this is unsourced. Hektor (talk) 12:01, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12176754 195.169.141.54 (talk) 15:50, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a late-January 2011 source that sounds like the project is still "on", or at least, still being talked about at the level of generated-graphics and talking plans: EADS Astrium To Develop Spaceplane, from Aviation Week on 27 Jan 2011—indicates that Singapore is involved in development of a sub-scale demonstrator. So yes, it is premature to check it off as "cancelled". On the other hand, the source does not state that it is "Fully funded" or in a full-scale development program either like the SpaceShipTwo or XCOR Lynx apparently are. N2e (talk) 23:41, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a quote from the AW article:

"the company has yet to officially launch the program because — like other commercial programs — the company needs to first get launch customers. Once the program is officially underway, it will take about seven years before the spacecraft will receive certification, Laporte-Weywada predicts. The program will need to build three spacecraft for the certification flight-test effort, he adds. But even though the program has yet to be launched, the company is proceeding with building the demonstrator, which will be about 3-4 meters long, with a comparable wingspan"

RESTATEMENT. The project is definitely still alive, with Singaporean partnership. I read the AW article a second time and think that my statement above doesn't give a fair hearing to Astrium's progress. See below. N2e (talk) 06:42, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Singapore/Astrium Partnership[edit]

Major new news out two weeks ago. The project is not dead! While the project is still mostly conceptual paper designs and studies, new funding from Singapore will get started on a small-scale technology demonstrator. Here is a ready-to-use citation for anyone who reads the Aviation Week piece and wants to update the Wikipedia article with new info. I've included a few key grafs from AW in the quote below. <ref name=aw20110127> {{cite news |last=Francis|first=Leithen |title=EADS Astrium To Develop Spaceplane |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/asd/2011/01/27/01.xml&headline=EADS%20Astrium%20To%20Develop%20Spaceplane&channel=space |accessdate=2011-02-17 |date=2011-01-27 |quote=''EADS Astrium has disclosed that Singapore will be a partner in its suborbital spaceplane program. ... Singapore companies will be designing and building a small-scale demonstrator spaceplane used to test aerodynamics and glide capability. It will have no engines, whereas the real vehicle uses turbofan engines as well as a rocket engine. ... the company has yet to officially launch the program because ... the company needs to first get launch customers. Once the program is officially underway, it will take about seven years before the spacecraft will receive certification.''}}</ref> Update the article as you see fit. Enjoy, N2e (talk) 06:42, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

TBN?[edit]

There's currently a reference to the alternative name of "EADS Astrium TBN" in the article. What does TBN stand for? 31.18.248.254 (talk) 16:27, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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