home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!titan.ksc.nasa.gov!waterman
- From: waterman@titan.ksc.nasa.gov
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re:Aerospike engines/SSTO/DC-?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.011900.4635@titan.ksc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 01:19:00 EST
- Organization: NASA, Kennedy Space Center
- Lines: 21
-
- On the subject of DC-? , SSTO and Aerospike Engines the following
- observation could be made to the question Why Aerospike Engines
- are not used.
-
- Lets make an assumtion here that the military has a super secret
- spy plan (Aurora?) that can go (atleast) mach 8 to 10.
- An engine such as this would need to be built to support a SSTO
- vehicle. The military could not have some non classified project
- stumble on their working design. What then is the goal of the
- military as it comes to SSTO research?
-
- The military will oversee the research in this area. Any designs
- which could work (or would lead to the program developing the
- same engine) will be discouraged or lobbied as non workable
- designs. In short the objectives of the military is to assure
- that this country does not have a working civilian SSTO craft.
-
- or atleast thats how I see it
-
- Bob
-
-