The Rockwell X-30 was an advanced technology demonstrator project for the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP), part of a United States project to create a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) spacecraft and passenger spaceliner. [1]

Feb 12, 2016 · Although a full-scale aircraft was never built because Congress ended funding in 1994, the program had expected such a vehicle to fly at Mach 25. The program developed significant advances in high-temperature, carbon-carbon materials, lightweight titanium and beryllium alloys, and high strength, corrosion-resistant titanium-alloy composites.

Jan 2, 2016 · The NASP project would represent Phase II and III of development, leading to a full SSTO flight test vehicle named the X-30, proving the viability of the technologies across the full operational regime and allowing for the development of operational follow-on vehicles.

The program to develop what was called the National Aerospace Plane (NASP), designated the X-30, had its roots in a highly classified, Special Access Required, Defense Advanced Research...

Jun 7, 2017 · Explanation or story behind the patch: The X-30A National Aero-Space Plane was intended to develop technologies for hypersonic airbreathing aircraft systems and technologies.

American SSTO winged orbital launch vehicle. Air-breathing scramjet single stage to orbit. Second attempt after study of similar proposal in early 1960's. Cancelled due to cost, technical challenges. Superseded by X-33 rocket-powered SSTO. AKA: Copper Canyon Phase 2;HySTP;NASP (National Aerospace Plane);National Aerospace Plane;Orient Express.

The NASP program is currently developing the technology to build the X-30. Although the X-30 is meant to serve as a technology test-bed and not as a prototype, it is being designed as a demonstration vehicle that could resemble prospective operational launch vehicles.

X-30 Aerospaceplane was a technology demonstator. It was a single stage to orbit passenger and cargo craft for National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program.

NASP will study the X-30's takeoff from a runway under its own power, acceleration to high Mach number on the basis of airbreathing propulsion, emergence into LEO, reentry into the earth atmosphere, and descent to a powered horizontal landing.

Jan 1, 1992 · Scramjet Propulsion Technology is divided into five major areas: (1) inlets, (2) combustors, (3) nozzles, (4) component integration, and (5) test facilities. A status report covering the five areas is presented. Publication: NASA. Lewis Research Center, Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle (RBCC) Propulsion Technology Workshop. Tutorial Session.