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The Dyna-Soar not only was a beautiful design, but it was also a sound design. Everything I see in this thread and elsewhere seems to indicate it would have been a success if completed. To think teams of engineers at NASA and Boeing (not to mention Martin, Lockheed and others) spent years perfecting the project for naught is just so annoying (in fact, every time that happens it bugs me...). Politicians and financiers have the final say and can topple over a good project on a whim.What killed Dyna-Soar, ultimately? Was it because the race to the Moon that Kennedy initiated in 1961 devoured most of the money that could be allocated to space programs? Was it because of its size, which made it impossible for it to place modules in orbit or carry space labs up there, like the later Space Shuttle orbiters did?If there are any valuable sources on the subject available for reading (on the web would be a good start) then I'm willing to know more about that. And sorry to all those who are very knowledgeable on the subject and may be irritated by such naive questions!
The Dyna-Soar not only was a beautiful design, but it was also a sound design. Everything I see in this thread and elsewhere seems to indicate it would have been a success if completed. To think teams of engineers at NASA and Boeing (not to mention Martin, Lockheed and others) spent years perfecting the project for naught is just so annoying (in fact, every time that happens it bugs me...). Politicians and financiers have the final say and can topple over a good project on a whim.
What killed Dyna-Soar, ultimately? Was it because the race to the Moon that Kennedy initiated in 1961 devoured most of the money that could be allocated to space programs? Was it because of its size, which made it impossible for it to place modules in orbit or carry space labs up there, like the later Space Shuttle orbiters did?
If there are any valuable sources on the subject available for reading (on the web would be a good start) then I'm willing to know more about that. And sorry to all those who are very knowledgeable on the subject and may be irritated by such naive questions!
