Baseline Vehicle Sizing
B-52 Clearances and Constraints
B-52 Clearances and Constraints
B-52 Constraints Physical Space Available
X-24C/B-52 Interface
Ablator Surface Area – Mach 6/1033K
Image credit: Lockheed Martin
File source: NASA NTRS
Image credit: Martin Marietta
File source: NASA NTRS
A Lockheed artist’s impression of a novel method of taking a unique and untried method of orbital delivery and making it even more unique and more untried. As my wife said to me in the giftshop of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, “Baby, I’ll take the car and see you up there!”
Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: AFMC
