Good deal, Terry. Who is Burt? I'm a bit fuzzy this morning. :-) Developing ICBM technology for the Cold War gave Dr. Wernher Von Braun (Huntsville, Propulsion) and Dr. Ernst Steinhoff (White Sands, Guidance) their chance to finish what they started with the V-1 and V-2 rockets.
http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/booknotes/booknotes-icbm.html Dr. Steinhoff got involved in desalinization of the "ocean" of brackish water under the White Sands Missile Range (using biomass energy) when we collaborated after he retired in the mid 1970s. He told me about the errant rocket episode, it landed in a cemetery in Mexico. His heavy foot on the gas pedal of his Mercedes did him in and he died in a nursing home in Las cruces NM. BTW, If the German War Machine had concentrated their effort on Jet aircraft instead of rockets, WW II might've played differently. Frederick > [Original Message] > From: Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/18/05 9:33:10 AM > Subject: Re: Some Figures On Orbiting Energy & Hydrogen Etc. > > > From: "Frederick Sparber" > > > It seems that the 1960s world political climate and race to get a man on the moon > > "by the end of the decade" took priority over practical space flight. > > So what is the excuse for Shuttle? The original design was a two staged > aircraft, one boosted to near space and the other rocketed into orbit. Both > landed on conventional airfields. > > Guess that's where Burt got his idea, eh? I understand he has cut a deal for > his "Virginity". ;-) > > "Wanna take a ride?"
