SPACE PLANE

Space Plane is an open source design project for a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) horizontal takeoff and landing vehicle. Being fully reusable and able to take off and land on most runways, it will greatly reduce the cost of putting large payloads (>1000 kg) into earth orbit and be much safer than conventional rockets... Space Plane is being structured as a multi-national non-profit organization, incorporated in the EU (Ireland) and the US (Florida). This allows funding to be disbursed within the jurisdiction in which it was received. The organization is run by a board of directors that oversees all its individual legal entities.

Also known as: Space Plane Corporation