Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar and alternate projects

[Deleted member 4286]

back to 4-seat Dyna Soar payload bay

here a picture who russian squeeze 3 kosmonaut in a soyuz capsule!

against that 4-seat Dyna Soar is a first class flight !

art by G. De Chiara (aka archipeppe)
source http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=8521

And Voskhod 1 (basically an internally modified Vostok) carried 3 men for a 24 hours flight! More than squeezed!

 

[hesham]

Hi,

The History of Boeing in 15 Objects

A rummage through the airplane maker’s attic.

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[hesham]

Hi,

Prototypes of wing design for Republic Aviation Dyna-Soar

nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org

 

[publiusr]

The image on the left...I seem to remember art of a 3 core LV that had that batwing look..

 

[RanulfC]

The image on the left...I seem to remember art of a 3 core LV that had that batwing look..

Ragollo wing concepts looks like.

Randy

 

[Deleted member 4286]

And Voskhod 1 (basically an internally modified Vostok) carried 3 men for a 24 hours flight! More than squeezed!

Mission of Voskhod spacecraft (Voskhod-1)

The history of the Voskhod mission by Anatoly Zak

www.russianspaceweb.com

 

[martinbayer]

Ragollo wing concepts looks like.

Randy

That's Rogallo, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogallo_wing.

 

[RanulfC]

That's Rogallo, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogallo_wing.

I even looked it up and STILL misspelled it

Randy

 

[GTX]

Children's book:

 

[GeorgeA]

Also available in paperback.

 

[Dynoman]

Mercury-type jettisonable Dyna Soar

 

[Dynoman]

Fun little animation of the X-20 docking with a Saturn IV Space Station Workshop

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1sO8OKKFZg

 

[Dynoman]

X-20 and Saturn IV concept

 

[Orionblamblam]

X-20 and Saturn IV concept

See post 91 in this thread.

 

[Dynoman]

See post 91 in this thread.

Yes, thank you. I had this in my files and yours may have been the source. You definitely have a more comprehensive set of drawings than I do.

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/boeing-x-20-dyna-soar-and-alternate-projects.3052/page-3#post-77493