As drones are slow pokes when it comes to the speed of rockets, SPACE1 is examining taking on a new division of high speed planes to play catch up with new rocket launches within the aerodynamic framework of sky boundaries leading up to space.
High speed dynamic wireless and/or piloted planes with designs such as the Hypered Elemental One (HEO) are in the works.
The new craft division will introduce a quarry of planes to the SPACE1 Flight Dynamics Division that support rockets on their initial journey through the Troposphere. The HEO is equipped with multiple high speed forward looking cameras to examine rocket missions during their upward aerodynamic leg of the journey. As the HEO is capable of climbing and diving, along with split second maneuvering, it can cover many angles of mission exposure for analysis of flight dynamics. The HEO is expected to supplement the aircraft division which already contains around 50 drones, SPACE1 Space Planes, and Delta Wing Flyer return vehicles. With development of concurrent lunar missions in 2019 and the ramping up of Mars missions in 2020, the HEO may receive a variable delegation of developmental assignments as time progresses. The high speed vehicle HEO pilot will use reality augmentation to fly the vehicles.
