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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
 Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:45 am |
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A concept that Convair/GD pushed for a while in the 1960's was a
flyback version of the Atlas. The core would be structurally
strengthened, the booster engines would be permanently afixed, wings,
landing gear, jet engines and a cockpit would be added.
Additionally, the Centaur would be repackaged as the propulsion system
for a lifting body "space shuttle." End result would be a fully
reusable space launcher based in part on existing hardware.
I have a GD/Convair report on this concept availabel here::
http://www.up-ship.com/drawndoc/drawndocsale.htm |
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| snidely... |
| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:43 pm |
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The booster kinda has a "brontosaurus" look, but the spaceplane is
kinda cute and cuddly.
/dps |
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| OM... |
| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:28 pm |
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On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:27:38 -0700 (PDT), "mholt at (no spam) ohiohills.com"
<mholt at (no spam) ohiohills.com> wrote:
Quote: On May 13, 11:43 pm, snidely <Snidely.... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
The booster kinda has a "brontosaurus" look, but the spaceplane is
kinda cute and cuddly.
The space plane looks like the Lunex spacecraft.
....If you look at about 90% of the lifting body concepts from that
period, they all pretty much resemble the LUNEX/HL-10/M#-F# shape -
ergo, the offpspring of a bathtub and a spade that had the
aerodynamics of a brick that at least managed to learn how to glide.
....As for the other 10%, they all still managed to have some sort of
wing configuration, even the lenticular ones.
OM
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| Neil Gerace... |
| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:08 pm |
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I'd go with a disposable atlas, myself. Borders change every week in
some parts of the world. |
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