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Old October 3rd 04, 09:41 PM
Jim Kingdon
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Default X-15 vs SpaceShipOne

Could the X-15 have exceeded the altitude performance of
SpaceShipOne


The X-15 flew to 354,200 ft, according to
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Pho...EC68-1889.html

SpaceShipOne flew to about 337,500 to 345,000 feet in September (two
numbers for the same flight; I'm not sure what the most authoritative
figure is for their actual altitude). And 328,491 in June (
http://spaceflightnow.com/ss1/040621launch.html ). There were
references in the latter article to a planned altitude of 360,000
feet, which I guess was also the plan for September (
http://spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html entry dated 1834 GMT)

So I guess SpaceShipOne's altitude might be a tiny bit higher than
X-15's was, but not by much.

 




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