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Lionel Send message Joined: 25 Mar 00 Posts: 680 Credit: 563,640,304 RAC: 597 |
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
It looks like a modified SR-71 In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0 |
Unpiloted, too! Oh Boy, I hope none of the airports around me are suitable for its use. Martin |
Jason Safoutin Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0 |
New 'space shuttle?' I am still wondering what, if anything NASA has planned for the replacement. "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3 |
Johnney Guinness Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0 |
I'm willing to bet we will never see that plane go into low earth orbit. John. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Doesn't appear to have enough wing area to function as an airplane, Also, no metal known could withstand the temperatures generated by a vehicle that would be going 18,000 miles per hour upon first re-entry into the atmosphere. There would have to be ablating ceramic tile so far as I know. |
nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
i imagine the "design" will change radically |
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