Jul 202008
A photo from the Boeing archives showing a booster for their first Dyna Soar proposal. With a lifting vehicle on the front of the booster, some serious pitch control would be needed (to overcome the lift generated by the spaceplanes wings), but I think this was just a tad excessive…
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It would make a great Estes Rocket though.
That’s a interesting concept; I’ve never seen a rocket designed to maximize external area while minimizing internal propellant storage area before.
What in God’s name were they thinking?
look like a Werner Von Braun Rocket from 1950s :-O
were are propellant tanks in this booster ?
and wat fuel its use, Solid ?
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