tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post5945295739573919532..comments2024-03-21T08:00:48.696-07:00Comments on No Shortage of Dreams: X-15: Lessons for Reusable Winged Spaceflight (1966)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-14797718719839259512017-12-03T11:43:25.414-07:002017-12-03T11:43:25.414-07:00They made 5 test with ASM-135, one was failure (pr...They made 5 test with ASM-135, one was failure (probably sensors in warhead) <br />Program was canceled because of technical problems, testing delays, and far over budget. <br />According some source was $500 million budget, finally it had to become $5.3 billion for deployment... <br /><br />Last debris of Solwing reenter around 2008<br /><br />washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089303950984529995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-42125903681811814622017-12-01T20:12:04.219-07:002017-12-01T20:12:04.219-07:00Michel:
I remember some scientists complaining ab...Michel:<br /><br />I remember some scientists complaining about Solwind's destruction - apparently they were taking data from it even as it was destroyed. But the orbital debris issue was more consequential, for certain. At least at the time. I might be wrong, but I think all the detectable Solwind debris has reentered by now.<br /><br />How many ASM-135 tests took place?<br /><br />dsfpDavid S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-9925967005924922082017-12-01T03:25:38.724-07:002017-12-01T03:25:38.724-07:00That's infamous ASM-135 ASAT program
irony th...That's infamous ASM-135 ASAT program <br />irony the ASM-135 was build from stages of Scout rocket (like Blue Scout) <br />but the target P78-1 or Solwind was on end of his lifespan <br />The batteries were degrading and P78-1 suffers more and more of frequent "under-voltage cutoffs"<br />Making Solwind unusable for it Mission and it owner DoD released it for target practice <br /><washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089303950984529995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-77178404791186057752017-11-30T19:04:16.284-07:002017-11-30T19:04:16.284-07:00Michel:
You know, that sounds an awful lot like t...Michel:<br /><br />You know, that sounds an awful lot like the F-15/ASAT scheme tested back in the 1980s, only on a larger scale. I don't remember much about those tests, except they destroyed an operational science satellite, which annoyed some folks.<br /><br />dsfpDavid S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-84299210119703582122017-11-30T19:01:06.644-07:002017-11-30T19:01:06.644-07:00Michel:
Delicious irony. I hadn't heard of th...Michel:<br /><br />Delicious irony. I hadn't heard of this before. I mean, I knew about the orbital X-15, but I didn't know about this scheme. <br /><br />dsfpDavid S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-71977224492578049352017-11-30T18:59:27.128-07:002017-11-30T18:59:27.128-07:00Phuzz:
You know, I remembered that after I posted...Phuzz:<br /><br />You know, I remembered that after I posted my comment. It's pretty uncanny, his very public set of close calls. Of course, other astronauts had them, too - perhaps we don't hear as much about them because they weren't the first man on the moon.<br /><br />dsfpDavid S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-36039432935753804762017-11-30T12:41:42.558-07:002017-11-30T12:41:42.558-07:00After Dyna Soar was canceled came NAA in 1966 with...After Dyna Soar was canceled came NAA in 1966 with the X-15C proposal <br />For a Delta Wing version launch from B-52 or a modified XB-70 at Mach 3 !<br />The goal of project was to gain information on Supersonic flight beyond Mach 5-6 <br />(up to Mach 8 in some Source) <br /><br />Also had NASA in 1962 the idea of X-15/Blue Scout as Satellite launcher ! <br />combo of B-52, X-15 with blue Scoutwashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089303950984529995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-78101888004819286722017-11-30T10:16:05.510-07:002017-11-30T10:16:05.510-07:00Don't forget Armstrong's near-crash in the...Don't forget Armstrong's near-crash in the LEM trainer (Lunar Landing Training Vehicle).phuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778858412813201927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-23521832561294452122017-11-30T09:08:06.660-07:002017-11-30T09:08:06.660-07:00Interesting what might have happened if things wen...Interesting what might have happened if things went differently. I have read a bit on the idea to make the C version a delta wing and a true space plane. Do you think the X-20 Dyna-Soar may have also muddied the waters going orbital with variant of the X-15 almost as much as the Mercury program did? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-81136997404705528132017-11-30T05:16:18.806-07:002017-11-30T05:16:18.806-07:00NAA went even a Step further and proposed 1958 a O...NAA went even a Step further and proposed 1958 a Orbital X-15B <br />That a strip down X-15 with mass of 4500 kg <br />launched by 4 x G-26 Navaho booster stages or 4 x Titan I clusters. <br />(even Saturn I derivate) from Cap Canaveral <br />The X-15B would made a single orbit with an apogee of 120 km and a perigee of 75 km<br />Means it reenter earth Atmosphere at end of curve. <br />The washttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089303950984529995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-77392383557335900982017-11-29T21:24:49.589-07:002017-11-29T21:24:49.589-07:00I'll have to watch out for that book. That mus...I'll have to watch out for that book. That must've been pretty exciting - Armstrong seemed to court close calls. I'm thinking of Gemini 8's early return and Apollo 11 excitement after pitchover.<br /><br />dsfpDavid S. F. Portreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818906581595028816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633940777526327846.post-77189670851980500242017-11-29T21:10:29.559-07:002017-11-29T21:10:29.559-07:00One of the X-15 pilots, Milton O Thompson wrote an...One of the X-15 pilots, Milton O Thompson wrote an excellent book about the program: "At The Edge Of Space: The X-15 Flight Program". One of the stories in it is the one about a Neil Armstrong flight where it went a little too long. Neil was flying past the Rose Bowl when he finally could make the turn back towards Edwards. He made it back but it was a close thing.Seal Of Lionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304620391386824536noreply@blogger.com