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So, from what I've seen these are the CLOSEST things to Aurora: ISINGLASS, INCAAPS Mach 5 Strike Aircraft, Lockheed ADP/NASA Langley 1990 Mach 4-5 methane fueled studies, Advanced Aerospace Vehicle (AAV), and the X-15. If I missed any other obscure hypersonic concept, I'll be happy to learn more.

Hi, I'm not sure this direct link has ever been posted here before: http://www.nro.gov/foia/docs/foia-isinglass.pdf It's all about Isinglass. NRO FOAI approved for release material dated "23 June 2010" No picture, no plans, no drawings, no blueprints. Just plain dry'n raw, historical...

Beat me to it! :D Well, here's link anyway: http://www.paperlessarchives.com/a12.html As far as using F-111 tech, could that be interpreted to mean swing-wings for low speed approaches? If so, maybe GD was brought in to consult on that aspect of ISINGLASS It just a theory. Moonbat

...a declassified NRO document dated 1966 which listed air launched reconnaissance assets in the planning stage. They included TAGBOARD, ISINGLASS, S-103, S-104 (BG-1A, BG-2A), and S-105. I know TAGBOARD and ISINGLASS, and the S-105 matches the description of Project Town Hall, however the S-103...

I liked the table which shows rad count from a Galosh near-miss and its effects on the crew/mission.

I don't know what you'd regard as "exciting" ;), but when I'm through with the book, I'll post here what I found most remarkable.

Urged by XP_67Moonbat I realized the following drawings about the topic: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,382.msg140326.html#msg140326 Enjoy them... ;)

That contradicts what was in the Cunningham interview, as well as what was in the Pratt & Whitney book. Plus, what's the launch site? And it did this with how many engines?

Well, ISINGLASS was intended to fly _much_ faster than the X-15, Mach 22 versus Mach 5. As for the issue of a retractable cover, the person who contacted me specifically referred to that in his message. He said that the program manager said that the problem was that the opening in the vehicle...

Yeah, that's apparently where it is from, but it's wrong. The writer must have made a mistake. The interview I have, plus the other documents, indicate that ISINGLASS was a McD project, not GD. GD may have been working on something of its own, but ISINGLASS was not it.

Marcus Lindroos old website. I spend six months hooked to it back in 2002... Windjammer was Len Cormier's baby. It had six ISINGLASS XLR-129 engines and was sled-lauched. It led to SAMSO Boeing RASV five years later. Also Langley / Gene Love studies with Martin Marietta and Boeing. Many...

Pyroceram ;) I googled a bit on this material, seems it was used on Terriers SAMs... Is the mach 6 / 125 000 ft bird linked to the ISINGLASS project ? ???

...never sent deep inside Soviet airspace was that nuclear SA-2s and SA-5s locked it way above 100 000 feet and way above Mach 4. See the ISINGLASS RHEINBERRY thread: Convair started at mach 4.5 and ended at Mach 9; 90 000 ft to 130 000 feet. When they pitched ISINGLASS to the NRO the spooks...

The NB-52 dropped the SRB-DTV, which was 48,000 pounds. That should be the heaviest thing it's carried on the pylon, and is right up to the aircraft's limits. The X-51 vehicle is pushing the 52H right up to the limits of its performance envelope as is. So 132k does sound pretty big.

Interesting, agreed! One of ISINGLASS's legacys seems to be light-weight structure and TPS concepts. This is documented by the AIAA paper on the joint 2001-02 NASA-Air Force 120 Day Reusable Launch Vehicle study, as discussed in AIAA 2004-3731, presented at the 2004 Joint Propulsion...

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1602/1 A bat outta Hell: the ISINGLASS Mach 22 follow-on to OXCART by Dwayne Day Monday, April 12, 2010 Soon after the U-2 was flying in the latter 1950s, the CIA began work on a successor that eventually resulted in the A-12 OXCART, better known because...

Thanks Blackstar, I agree. I jumped the gun by stating (USAF/NRO) :-\ The NRO doesn't seem to be interested in the ISINGLASS program until later either, when the CIA begins looking for funds and pitches the program to the NRO. A redacted individual of the Aug 14, 68' memo by John Parangosky (in...

It's likely the distinction is between 'early' GD studies of '64-'65 and the MCAIR effort thereafter. Now, how & when Rheinberry fits into this...

Way cool stuff. New material on the intended timeline, and strong hints that either explanation for the demise of Isinglass - either problems with distortion caused by heat on the camera window, or the NRO winning a battle and getting full funding for KH-10 - could be accurate. And it had TWO...

...much a mix of all three. See attached picture: it is a brand new "niche" - as were the Ryan drones and spy satellites that year, 1962. ISINGLASS and RHEINBERRY did overlap, but they were vastly different animals. ISINGLASS kind of pushed beyind the SR-71: ramjets and airbreathing, but...