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Topic: Apollo/Shuttle horizontal landing concept
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Rusty B Member Posts: 239 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 07-20-2007 02:58 AM
I recently discovered an Apollo CSM design that landed horizontally with X-15 like landing gear and extenable swing-wings.In 1967 the North American Rockwell Corp. applied for an Apollo variant patent that was granted in 1971. The patent drawings show an Apollo CSM that has extendable wings and an X-15 like landing gear with forward nose wheel and rear skids. This Apollo/Shuttlecraft variant also has a cargo bay. Click on this Google Patents link for Patent Number 3,576,298. Scroll down to see drawings of the Apollo/Shuttle spacecraft. Rusty - Sacramento, CA | |
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