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What strikes me as odd is that spysat program histories seem more available than some winged projects. I’m surprised that even Hexagon is known to a general (though limited) public. Could it be that a TSTO was attempted, but still fell short of what a modest Delta II could orbit…and they just didn’t want to look foolish? For example, I never believed in Aurora…but even if there had been…it would not have been as good as they thought it was.I think even Seymour Bogdanoff lamented that a simple rocket will beat any (even classified) winged design…even if it does give itself away with a pop-up plume. Maybe materials advances and such will change that.
What strikes me as odd is that spysat program histories seem more available than some winged projects. I’m surprised that even Hexagon is known to a general (though limited) public. Could it be that a TSTO was attempted, but still fell short of what a modest Delta II could orbit…and they just didn’t want to look foolish? For example, I never believed in Aurora…but even if there had been…it would not have been as good as they thought it was.
I think even Seymour Bogdanoff lamented that a simple rocket will beat any (even classified) winged design…even if it does give itself away with a pop-up plume. Maybe materials advances and such will change that.
