Re: BlackStar Diversion?
- From: Damon Hill <damon1six1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:00:12 -0600
"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1142188173.714755.256210
@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
"http://www.abo.fi/~mlindroo/SpaceLVs/Slides/sld039.htm";
A C-5 could carry maybe four times as much payload as an XB-70.
A spaceplane launched from a C-5 could thus orbit far more payload
mass than a "BlackStar" spaceplane - and without exotic "gelled
Boron" fuel, etc. And importantly for "spook" work, a spaceplane
carried within a C-5 would be much, much less noticable than a funky
"Mothership" when it flew into your local airport!
It would have to be launched externally, and the support fittings
and modifications would surely be obvious. The nose door can't be
opened in flight and launching out the rear will have some issues,
though an air-launched ICBM has been done and a satellite launcher
with a rather limited payload is being worked on.
Launch from a supersonic B-70 clone would be hard enough.
--Damon
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