On 25 Jun 2004 04:37:45 GMT, (Regnirps) wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Another concept was the Dyna-Soar, basically a mini-shuttle from the
mid-60s. It was an Air Force project. Don't really have any information
on why it was canceled,

See opening sequence to any episode of The Six Million Dollar Man.

-- Charlie Springer

That was long after DynaSoar was killed. DynaSoar was to be a
followon to the X15 project, with the goal to put, first, men into
space, then a space laboratory. This goal died when NASA took over
and dictated "men sitting on rockets run by us". The X15 carried on,
but with the goal of going higher and faster, not developing a manned
space presence.

The lifting body accident in question was part of the development
program for the STS. The original design of the shuttle was a lifting
body, until they proved to be a bitch to fly.
--
dillon

When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark
and the horse's name was Bob.