NASA archive photo...
NASA archive photo...
Both = beauties!
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let's go see what that ol' "envelope" is about...
scale models used to be vital to these projects..many say they are still an essential component
I wonder what has happened to many of these. Certainly some are in the Smithsonian archive - or at least I hope so
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/16374998585/
pioneers, daredevils, scientists, and explorers...living outside of convention and conformity is often vilified by society, but is essential for human endeavor.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/30598528305/
Love that NASA truck with the antenna on the roof. Old school.
-d
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
M2-F2 lifting body...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/9458060787/
and the more recent iteration - with an important role
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/4857948609/
Neil poses with the X-15
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/9460842898/
1960's technology was just barely enough to get us to the moon...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasaco...n/photostream/
"Barely enough", lol. All the technological advances ever since didn't even get us out of low Earth orbit.
I bet in the summertime at Dryden it was both..
well..this isn't exactly chopped liver
https://www.space.com/mars-rovers.html
Well, atleast that's another kettle of fish compared to the N3N, Heywoood. You're a true Jack of all trades, aren't you. Mind you, i certainly am too, you know.
Say, that guy in the trenchcoat near the X-15, he's not doing what it looks like he's doing, is he ??.... ( i know the X-15 runs on some extreme fuel..)
Say(2) ,if you haven't got it by any chance already you'd want to check this out : https://xtremeprototypes.com/en/product_x15a-2_se.asp Very well done product with a truckload of features including wonderful realistic rocketmotor start-up procedure. Everything you always wanted to know about the X-15 but were afraid to ask. This is it. Deffinately.
cheers,
jan
edit: absolutely fantastic photo's of two of the cleverest animals here on earth. Thanks for sharing.
the software does indeed look interesting, if a bit pricey (I like to keep things under $30 per) Thinking of the missions written for FSX when I saw this photo of "Balls Three" and thought it would be great to have some of these speed and altitude tests, maybe as part of a package including the Bell X-1, This X-15, the lifting bodies etc.. and their support equipment. Maybe set the entire gamut of tests from say 1958-1968 complete with comms and target area with a run down of the telemetry and a 'score sheet' at the end of each test flight.
Now THAT I would pay a bit extry for.
To answer your initial remark, yes - I am deeply interested in all aspects of human achievement in flight. Hopefully we haven't seen anything yet..time will tell.
..then - of course - there's whatever THIS is.. https://coi.tothestarsacademy.com/gimbal
It came up in my twitter news feed (I follow NASA) as an archive collection from the Dryden flight research center on the day I posted it (and the other photo’s)
searching at NASA and at the Dryden sites today have been unsuccessful.
I did not bookmark the pages or save the links - sorry
Okay, thank you anyway
Here you go: https://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Ph...EC61-0034.html
The Dryden photo collection: https://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-15/index.html
- Jens Peter "Penz" Pedersen
What a pic!
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What a pic indeed!
Thanks Penz!!
you all are poking through ALL of the photo's in the links I posted previously in this thread...? yes?
because some of those -when enlarged or 'zoomed in' - are fairly incredible and in actual high definition..noting that current camera lens and film technology is vastly superior to that from 1962...
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