tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post8012579561659718561..comments2023-12-09T03:51:33.158-05:00Comments on Various Consequences: Flight Demo Program Lessons LearnedJoshua Stultshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-45183486417327733372014-11-18T21:58:41.962-05:002014-11-18T21:58:41.962-05:00From the New York Times:
This occasional column e...From the New York Times: <br />This occasional column explores topics covered in Science Times 25 years ago to see what has changed, and what has not.<br />The National Aero-Space Plane was to be a revolutionary advance beyond the space shuttle.<br />In his 1986 State of the Union address, President Ronald Reagan promised "a new Orient Express that could, by the end of the next decade, take off from Dulles Airport and accelerate up to 25 times the speed of sound, attaining low-earth orbit or flying to Tokyo within two hours."<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />Was the X-30 technologically feasible?<br /><br />"No, and it's still not," said Jess Sponable, a program manager in the tactical technology office at Darpa, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/science/25-years-ago-nasa-envisioned-its-own-orient-express.html" rel="nofollow">25 Years Ago, NASA Envisioned Its Own 'Orient Express'</a><br /><br />Joshua Stultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.com