Dario Bonazza wrote:
Don't you find the SpaceShipOne to resemble SciFi movies and book covers of the Fifties or older?
That spindle shape, all those portholes, not to speak of the blue starlets
here and there...
To me, it looks like a naive design, very different from what I expected
from current technology.
Actually, it's a very sophisticated design, Dario!
It pushes the heck out of current thought on airframe design and style. A very pure example of form follows function...
From the aerodynamic and structural standpoint, with its cutting edge, very low margin of safety designs, mechanically. Tr�s elegant, aerodynamically. A marvelous melding of the two disciplines...
keith whaley
Dario Bonazza
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:42 PM Subject: OT: Space Ship One
Here's an interesting shot that someone (not I) took during the flight of Space Ship One:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/SpaceShipOne2004/index.html
