US Lifting Bodies Studies - START (ASSET/PRIME), FDL, X-24, etc.

Late '60's FDL-9 glider from Airbreathing Hypersonic Propulsion

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finally, someone find where BGRV hidding in
USAF museum, he said the noisetip of this collection is made by depleted uranium(or depleted uranium inside the noisetip as ballast?) thus the museum deside not to display it. by the way,the last aircraft has been damaged,sad.maybe the staff didn't know how to dismantle it.

so the question is : why they use DU?
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FDL-7-esque windtunnel model from AEDC Facebook page:
Did you know… In July 1969, more than 500 hours of testing were conducted on models of a proposed maneuverable-recoverable reentry spacecraft in wind tunnels at Arnold Air Force Base.
The unmanned space vehicle was designed to reenter the atmosphere at very high speeds and make a conventional “aircraft-type” landing.
The objective of the tests was to obtain force, moment and heat transfer data on model configurations under simulated reentry flight conditions.​
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Here is the World's Fair Exhibit picture from Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System. Additionally, I'm posting a copy of the Robert McCall painting to illustrate my above comment.
Don't have an idea of its utility to the forum when l post this but here is a larger version of the McCall painting from tumblr.

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Don't have an idea of its utility to the forum when l post this but here is a larger version of the McCall painting from tumblr.

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Gotta love those crab hands! When all you have is a pair of scissors, everything looks like a piece of paper... Also, going in on that poor antenna with full gusto with the backpack pushing for full efficiency! But then again, his buddy is giving the lifting body RCS a good workout as well...
 

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