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"Ron Monroe" wrote:

Retraction: Sorry, my mistake. I looked at the photo again, after I sent my
last reply. You are right, it's not the XH-17. I could have sworn when I
looked at it the first time, I was looking at the plane, not the model. Oh
well, please excuse me. i screwed up.
Ron


No problem. It was interesting to see that model in the photo Troy
posted. I'm certain that's the same model that's in the museum now.

Hiller was doing some interesting concepts. One was a very very large
helicopter designed to snag Saturn V first-stage boosters in mid-air.
That technique was used by the Air Force if I remember right, to pick up
spy satellites. Anyway, the idea was for this huge flying crane to
loiter off Cape Kennedy and wait for the booster to come floating down
by parachute and then capture it. It was calculated that there would be
time for three chances before the booster was too close to the water.
This concept was deemed to be workable but since NASA's long term plan
included what became the Shuttle, it wasn't pursued. Too bad!

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Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
- Epicurus (341- 270 BC)