Aviation On The Threshold Of Space

Document discusses general problems and progress thus far involving space-aircraft or "lifting bodies". All sources quoted are from U.S. publications except for one French reference to a space station, Véhicles described include the “Dyna Soar", X-15, SV-5D, X-24A, HL-10, and a U.S. orbital space station. Problems discussed include heat-e-shielding, methods of control, speeds, and power sources, Source: Aviatsiya na Poroge v Kosmos, 1971, pp. 284-315. This document is a SYSTRAN machine aided translation, post~edited for technical accuracy by: Francis T. Russell