To: BenLurkin
Didn't NASA experiment with the "lifting body concept" way back there many years ago and give up on it?
If memory serves......
8 posted on
11/14/2017 8:07:41 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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To: Fiddlstix
IIRC it went by the handle Dyna Soar.
To: Fiddlstix
NASA was handed a working lifting body prototype by DARPA at Clinton’s direction. NASA had it killed because it threatened the shuttle.
30 posted on
11/14/2017 10:44:39 PM PST by
Spktyr
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