Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!littlei!foobar!jim From: jim@foobar.hf.intel.com (Jim Garver) Newsgroups: rec.aviation,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Dynasoar (was rumors regarding SR-71) Keywords: Where would we be now? Message-ID: <274@foobar.hf.intel.com> Date: 17 Mar 89 00:13:19 GMT References: <524@gonzo.UUCP> <1475@petsd.UUCP> <13987@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <976@nbife.NBI.COM> <1993NU052179@NDSUVM1> <7593@june.cs.washington.edu> <1829@hp-sdd.hp.com> <94193@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@foobar.hf.intel.com Reply-To: jim@foobar.UUCP (Jim Garver) Distribution: na Organization: - Intel Corp - Hawthorne Farms - Hillsboro, OR - Lines: 21 Xref: utzoo rec.aviation:13011 sci.space.shuttle:2603 In article <94193@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> macs@sun.UUCP (Manuel Cisneros) writes: > >but as for the nature of the beast, I think that the Shuttle is considered >more of a lifting body than a delta wing aircraft, which the Blackbird is. >Shuttle= TAKE OFF on top of a rocket, go really high, orbit the earth a few >times, glide back (with no chance for a go-around), land on a runway) that >it is very likely that the two don't share a whole lot of technology. > Okay, what was the nature and mission of the DYNASOAR? I believe this was the next step after the X-15. The whole airforce program to fly into space was cancelled and the focus shifted entirely on rockets, if I remember correctly. Was Kennedy responsible for this policy change? Where would we be now if the airforce program had continued? Probably already flying hypersonic airliners maybe. -- Jim Garver !foobar!jim WA7LDV & N3170N jim@foobar<.hf.intel.com|.uucp> Development Tools Operation, Intel Corp. 503-696-2094 Hillsboro, OR >> 3.860 28.490 146.52 Mhz <<