𝘼𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙡 on Instagram: "Philip Bono’s Hyperion was a futuristic spaceplane concept from the 1960s that aimed to reach space in a single stage, without dropping parts along the way. Designed by Philip Bono, Hyperion could carry heavy cargo or over 100 passengers to orbit—or even travel between distant places on Earth—in under an hour. Instead of a vertical rocket launch, it used a long ground sled that accelerated the vehicle to very high speed before takeoff, saving fuel and ma