Posted on 09/20/2010 5:28:57 PM PDT by KevinDavis
September 20, 2010, Mojave, CA and Huntsville, AL: XCOR Aerospace, Inc. announced today they have completed the primary supersonic wind tunnel testing of the Lynx suborbital spacecraft. The tests were performed at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) using a precision scale model and demonstrated the integrity of the Lynx aerodynamic shape and provided data to make final refinements to the vehicle. These new data provide confidence that the Lynx aerodynamic shape will have stable and controllable flight throughout the range of Mach numbers and angles of attack needed for the Lynx mission.
(Excerpt) Read more at xcor.com ...
yup
I dont believe you thought that comment all the way thru.
Looks like DynaSoar, 50 years late.
Except that Dyna-Soar never got the chance to fly. This one might. Robert MacNamara and the “best and brightest” aren’t in a position to kill this program, and since it’s commercial it won’t get manloaded by other projects looking for funding to leech until the program becomes an unmanageable boondoggle.
Fingers crossed, here.
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