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NASA X-craft: The Lifting Bodies
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"The M2-F1 lifting body, dubbed the "flying bathtub" by the media, was the precursor of a remarkable series of wingless flying vehicles that contributed data used in the Space Shuttles."
Aug 20, 2007 11:08 PM
Re: NASA X-craft: The Lifting Bodies
There video has a striking quality, though I'm not sure what it is. It may be the way it is edited. It's very surreal, dream-like even. The peculiar choice of background music adds greatly to the effect. Does anyone else find this video a bit strange? I wonder why there are so many jet escorts?
Re: NASA X-craft: The Lifting Bodies
there so many jet escorts because those planes can't take off on there own. The are lifted into the sky under the jets wings and then released. This doesn't mean they are real airplanes and a just fancy gliders. They use high-power jet engines that only work in high altitudes. They are still used today to test scram-jet engines but they are now unmanned because no human can take the g force.
By: cheezsteak
