FWD: Rather interestng contrast/compare of Comic Book Critics vs NASA's fall from grace

http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=4

....Most interesting point? He makes the comparison between Lockmart's
winged CEV proposal, and the ANSA Icarus-class starship from the
"Apes" films. Why neither I nor Pat made that observation before is
embarassing.

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OM wrote:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=4

...Most interesting point? He makes the comparison between Lockmart's
winged CEV proposal, and the ANSA Icarus-class starship from the
"Apes" films. Why neither I nor Pat made that observation before is
embarassing.



The Icarus was a lot more streamlined, the Lockheed CEV was a dead
ringer for an early 1957 Dyna-Soar design that is shown on page 391 of
Miller's "The Dream Machines".
Here's a picture of a wind tunnel model of it:
http://www.arnold.af.mil/aedc/systems/60-933.jpg
The Chinese also had a similar design:
http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/p/p9213orb.jpg

Pat