Yes! The X-15 was plane but could not carry any payload or lift off by
itself.
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Steven St.Laurent
C4i System Engineer
C4i Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
"Never be content with somebody else's definition
of you. Instead, define yourself by your own beliefs,
your own truths, your own understanding of who
you are. Never be content until you are happy with
the unique person GOD has created you to be."
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom "Slick" North [mailto:prodog@swbell.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:06 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Re: DML SR-71 Aircraft
But, the X-15 did it without two large booster rockets and an external
fuel tank....
The X-15 was a plane, the space shuttle is essentially a gliding
capsule, or a "Flying brick"... depending on how you look at it...
Later,
Tom "Slick"
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net] On Behalf Of
raymond.irons@gm.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:53 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Re: DML SR-71 Aircraft
<Ray, what is the attitude between space and the atmosphere?
Steve, I have looked and I'm thinking about calling JPL or Dryden Flight
research center to find out for sure, but according to a NASA web site
and
the edge of space sciences web site, 100K ft to 115K ft is above 99% of
the
earth's atomspheric mass. BTW, The record was set by the X-15, on Aug
23,
1963 at an altitude of 354,200 ft (67 miles) but as we all know the
shuttle
goes way higher then that.
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