Jim Beckman wrote:
At 14:08 20 August 2008, Bill Daniels wrote:
http://www.spacemart.com/reports/The...Wings_999.html

Isn't it a bit of a stretch to consider this to be a predecessor
to the Space Shuttle? I wouldn't classify the shuttle as a
lifting body.



"Although in the end the lifting body design was rejected for the
shuttle, the lifting bodies provided extensive data on the aerodynamics
and controllability of a low lift-over-drag unpowered vehicle that was
directly applicable to the design of the shuttles."


Jack