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XB70 / Dynasoar reusable 1960's technology

Capt'n Midnight · 2006-11-04 17:07:05

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=33011&p=3&topicID=6086882 Good to know how far we've come since the late 1960's :rolleyes:

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04-11-2006 6:07pm

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http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=33011&p=3&topicID=6086882

In XB-70 Valkyrie: The Ride to Valhalla, Jeannette Remak and Joe Ventolo, Jr., wrote: "One version of the B-70 could have been used as a recoverable booster system to launch things into low-Earth orbit. . . . The DynaSoar program, the first effort by the [U.S.] to use a manned boost-glider to fly in near-orbital space and return, was considered in this context in November 1959. The B-70 was to carry the 10,000-lb. DynaSoar glider and a 40,000-lb. liquid rocket booster to 70,000 ft. and release them while traveling at Mach 3. With this lofty start, the booster could then push the glider into its final 300-mi. orbit."

Good to know how far we've come since the late 1960's :rolleyes:

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