On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 07:38:17 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 4:48:21 PM UTC+3, Ron Gleason wrote:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstro...st_flight.html

Looks like a SH fuselage with side canopy hinges. Anyone know more
details?

27 foot (8.2m) wingspan, even with two joined together!

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...mbnails/image/
ed14-0320-034.jpg

Surely the main question is why did they bother?

Scaled Composites seem to have the problem of designing and building this
type of aircraft pretty much cracked, and already carrying quite large
rockets, so why not buy one or two from them?


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