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April 23rd 17, 09:40 PM
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NASA testing
On 4/23/2017 10:05 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
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? Not Invented Here? -- Dan, 5J 
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