On 2 Oct 2003 11:56:04 -0700, (Anvil) wrote:

As the US has launched a missile from a F-15 fighter to shoot
destroy a satellite, it appears a workable concept. High-speed
craft with provision for aerodynamic heating work with the
concept of porposing in the upper atmosphere to lob an upper
stage and payload at both high-speed and high-altitude.

See also the late-50's era "NOTSNIK", launched from a Douglas F4D
Skyray. One might have achieved orbit... we'll never know.

Brian