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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. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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FWD: Rather interestng contrast/compare of Comic Book Criticsvs NASA's fall from grace
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 |
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