An aerospace firm has unveiled a plan that will take passengers across the globe and still return them home in time for supper.
Venus Aerospace launches Mach 9 supersonic aircraft
Texas startup Venus Aerospace, a Mach 9 hypersonic plane, would be able to “cross the world in one hour.” The company debuted the “Stargazer,” its first conceptual automobile design, at the UP.Summit in Bentonville, Arkansas.
They stated that since the firm’s inception in 2020, the Venus Vehicle Engineering Group has been focusing on this iteration.
A spokesperson stated, “At Venus Aerospace we are building the world’s first Spaceplane that can fly at hypersonic speeds at the edge of the atmosphere. A Spaceplane that can take off from LAX and land in Tokyo in an hour, and then make the return flight to get you home for dinner.”
With the support of “renowned venture capitalists,” Venus claims to have gotten government funding of $1 million for the project. They also claim to have raised more than $33 million to create a Mach 9 Spaceplane and hypersonic drone that is both capable of travelling across the globe in an hour.
In the past year, Venus Aerospace asserts to have “scaled fast,” designing and building its technology demonstration engine, carrying out significant testing at hypersonic wind chambers and propulsion testing facilities around the United States, and beginning a ground trial operation at Spaceport Houston.
Scaled-down drone pilot flights to begin
They intend to begin scaled-down drone test flights at subsonic and supersonic speeds within the upcoming year.
Virgin Orbit’s former systems engineering and mission management launch consultant, Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby, and Dr. Andrew Duggleby, a former Virgin Orbit operations launch director, are the founders of Venus.
They are “pushing the limits of high-speed transportation” with the help of a committed and knowledgeable group of veterans from the aerospace, military, and R&D veterans industries.
Three key technologies are being developed by the team: a next-gen rocket engine with zero emissions, an inventive aircraft design, and cutting-edge cooling that enables the spaceplane to set off from current spaceports and utilize existing infrastructure.
