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- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!aws
- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle . . .)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.162152.401@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <BzFK5F.Dwn.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Distribution: sci
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:21:52 GMT
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- In article <BzFK5F.Dwn.1@cs.cmu.edu> MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@consrt.rockwell.com ("RWTMS2::MUNIZB") writes:
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- >Wind tunnel test results and CFD simulations are usually sufficient for
- >design of experimental flight vehicles. Therefore the question remains:
- >If lack of *flight-test* data is seen as the long pole in the tent
- >(holding things up), why isn't it being flown on the admittedly
- >experimental DC-X (and DC-Y)?
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- DC-Y is a proof of concept. The first goal must me to achieve reusable
- flight with rapid turnaround and some payload (even if only a pound).
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- After that is achieved, we will have an excellent testbed for doing
- research on aerospike nozzles, new materials, and everything else.
- This will allow us to continuously improve the system.
-
- Allen
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