Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Speed at rest


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  1. That's Scott Crossfeld's(spell?) prototype sled. NASA never would let him wring that thing out. That one was strictly "proof of concept". Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 with the 1 Million pound thrust rocket. He's the guy that set most of the records in the X-15. He actually got his Astro rating/wings flying in that program, years before he joined "Apollo".--Ray

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    1. When is America sending people back to space again on American-built spacecraft, CW?

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    2. Not soon enough. Were I in charge, things would change.

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  2. Plans, never fulfilled, had the next gen X-15s to go to orbital. Would have happened years before Mercury, if they had approved it.

    NASA has really screwed the pooch. Not doing advanced X-15. Not doing DynaSoar with the Air Force. Not continuing with reusable Apollo systems (the next gen capsules were 60% reusable, and probably up to 90%) or Big Gemini (a Gemini shaped super-capsule that could carry up to 12 passengers to low earth orbit.)

    Oh, the missed opportunities.

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