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Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Manufacturer: Bell. Bell's preferred concept for the Air Force initial manned space project was the boost-glide vehicle they had been developing for the Dynasoar program. When pressed they considered briefly a minimum vehicle, spherical in shape, weighing about 1,400 kg. But their baseline was the Dynasoar approach - 'anything else would be a stunt'. It was expected that a first manned orbital flight of the boost-glide vehicle could be achieved five years after a go-ahead at a cost of $ 889 million.
Mass: 8,200 kg (18,000 lb).
Bibliography:- Baker, David, The History of Manned Spaceflight, Crown, New York, 1981.
- Swenson, Grimwood, Alexander, Charles C, This New Ocean, Government Printing Office, 1966. Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/cover.htm.
- Grimwood, James M., Project Mercury: A Chronology, NASA Special Publication-4001.
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Project 7969 designs using extensive aerodynamic manoeuvring. From left: North American X-15B; Bell Dynasoar; Northrop Dynasoar; Republic Demi body; Avco manoeuvrable drag cone....
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Project 7969 designs using extensive aerodynamic manoeuvring. From left: North American X-15B; Bell Dynasoar; Northrop Dynasoar; Republic Demi body; Avco manoeuvrable drag cone. |
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