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Pat Flannery...
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:27 pm
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Ran into this regarding the solid rocket booster used on the B-52H
carrier aircraft to get the drone up to ramjet ignition speed:
"The program called for the use of a solid rocket _which had been
previously qualified and man-rated for the Apollo program._
However, according to Col. Saunders, sometime after the reoriented
program was under way, Kelly Johnson ascertained that the new D-21B
configuration needed more thrust, and as a result the rocket had to be
redesigned and increased in size to accommodate the new requirement."
That's from here:
http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0001474971/0001474971_0002.gif
I always wondered where that booster came from; here's some photos of
it: http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/d21b001.html

Pat
gb...
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:54 pm
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"Pat Flannery" <flanner at (no spam) daktel.com> wrote in message
news:PIudnYTV6sO0xMHVnZ2dnUVZ_orinZ2d at (no spam) posted.northdakotatelephone...
Quote:
Ran into this regarding the solid rocket booster used on the B-52H carrier
aircraft to get the drone up to ramjet ignition speed:
"The program called for the use of a solid rocket _which had been
previously qualified and man-rated for the Apollo program._
However, according to Col. Saunders, sometime after the reoriented program
was under way, Kelly Johnson ascertained that the new D-21B configuration
needed more thrust, and as a result the rocket had to be redesigned and
increased in size to accommodate the new requirement."
That's from here:
http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0001474971/0001474971_0002.gif
I always wondered where that booster came from; here's some photos of it:
http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/d21b001.html

Pat
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Looking at the photos, I see many similarities (design wise) with the Navaho
(SM-64) program.
Originally designated MX-770 with its original intent for the development of
a winged V-2 missile that could deliver a nuclear (fission) warhead over a
distance of 500 miles.
The Navaho was liquid fueled (Kerosene/LOX).

The only remaining Navaho missile in existence is currently displayed
outside the south entrance gate of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,
Florida.

g. beat
Pat Flannery...
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:51 pm
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gb wrote:
Quote:
The only solid-rocket that i am aware of that woudl meet these requirements
would be the escape tower's solid rocket atop the Apollo Command Module for
the Saturn IB and Saturn V boosters.


That was my conclusion also.
You really want to get that drone moving, sit it on the back of a
Nike-Zeus booster.
Although the D-21 never did work right in its intended recon drone roll,
it's surprising the Air Force didn't look into it as a B-52 carried Mach
3+ nuclear-armed cruise missile.
With its long range (over 3,000 miles) and stealth it would have made a
formidable weapon system.
The Soviets looked into building a copy of it called the Voron (crow or
raven).

Pat
OM...
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:25 pm
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:27:58 -0500, Pat Flannery <flanner at (no spam) daktel.com>
wrote:

Quote:
I always wondered where that booster came from; here's some photos of
it: http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/d21b001.html

....Pat, if I ever get up to the Split Dakotas again, I owe you dinner!
I've never seen this site before, and I'm enjoying the hell out of the
images. Especially this one:

http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/d21b47.jpg

....I can see a Soviet analyist reviewing satellite imagery and seeing
those D-21s line up like that for the first time, and going "shtool!"
:-)

OM
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