Faceted aerospace planes
What exactly was
the faceted approach about? BRBR
I would guess it was at least partly about the limitations of contemporary
materials and design techniques. Today we can make almost any suitable
material into almost any complex shape, Some things, like titanium, were very
hard to work with in the past. Flat panels greatly simplified such problems.
Matt Bille
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