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from the Astronautix site;
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/belt7969.htm
Project 7969 Bell
American manned spacecraft. Study 1958. Bell's preferred
concept for the Air Force initial manned space project was
the boost-glide vehicle they had been developing for the
Dynasoar program.When pressed they considered briefly
a minimum vehicle, spherical in shape, weighing about
1,400 kg. But their baseline was the Dynasoar approach -
'anything else would be a stunt'. It was expected that a
first manned orbital flight of the boost-glide vehicle could
be achieved five years after a go-ahead at a cost of
$ 889 million.
from the Astronautix site;
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/belt7969.htm
Project 7969 Bell
American manned spacecraft. Study 1958. Bell's preferred
concept for the Air Force initial manned space project was
the boost-glide vehicle they had been developing for the
Dynasoar program.When pressed they considered briefly
a minimum vehicle, spherical in shape, weighing about
1,400 kg. But their baseline was the Dynasoar approach -
'anything else would be a stunt'. It was expected that a
first manned orbital flight of the boost-glide vehicle could
be achieved five years after a go-ahead at a cost of
$ 889 million.
