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- Thread starter Malo83
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that's pretty cool, it would be interesting to see that with an F/A-18
I'm guessing that the application of this sort of research would be for re-useable towed, rocket vehicles for low earth orbit?? Launching sattelites?? What happens to the F-106 when the Starlifter lands... did they cut her loose. It looks like it has its motor running for T/O in the third pic.
WishICouldFly
UO Future Pork Chop
It falls faster than a Coke machine?
Of course no one here at Holloman (or Tyndall) thought much of being towed like a glider in an F-106. The project acquired the nickname "Dope on a rope" when we first heard about it. Mark wasn't very fond of it during his training here, but when he returned after completion of the project, he said he preferred "dope on a rope" to what the NASA folks at Edwards were calling him--"The Drag Queen!"[/I]
Awesome!
Awesome!
Why bother with dragging the launch vehicle when you could carry it? You could always drop a rocket out of a C-17, it has been done.
http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123022032
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16610
http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123022032
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16610
Um no. Zero applicability or usefulness.
