Mothership "Balls Three" overflies an X-15

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heywooood

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NASA archive photo...
 
"Barely enough", lol. All the technological advances ever since didn't even get us out of low Earth orbit.
 
Bjoern said:
With "us", I meant humans. Meatbags. 70% water, 30% stupidity and a brain cell. The self-proclaimed "pinnacle of evolution".
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from the Renaissance forward mankind is devolving..

we search the stars for sentient life while denying it exists, even on this planet, save for ourselves..and yet

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heywooood said:
Mothership "Balls Three" overflies an X-15
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Well, atleast that's another kettle of fish compared to the N3N, Heywoood. You're a true Jack of all trades, aren't you. Mind you, i certainly am too, you know. :cool:

Say, that guy in the trenchcoat near the X-15, he's not doing what it looks like he's doing, is he ??.... ( i know the X-15 runs on some extreme fuel..)

Say(2) ,if you haven't got it by any chance already you'd want to check this out : https://xtremeprototypes.com/en/product_x15a-2_se.asp Very well done product with a truckload of features including wonderful realistic rocketmotor start-up procedure. Everything you always wanted to know about the X-15 but were afraid to ask. This is it. Deffinately.

cheers,
jan

edit: absolutely fantastic photo's of two of the cleverest animals here on earth. Thanks for sharing. :encouragement:
 
Javis said:
Say, that guy in the trenchcoat near the X-15, he's not doing what it looks like he's doing, is he ??.... ( i know the X-15 runs on some extreme fuel..)

Say(2) ,if you haven't got it by any chance already you'd want to check this out : https://xtremeprototypes.com/en/product_x15a-2_se.asp Very well done product with a truckload of features including wonderful realistic rocketmotor start-up procedure. Everything you always wanted to know about the X-15 but were afraid to ask.
edit: absolutely fantastic photo's of two of the cleverest animals here on earth. Thanks for sharing. :encouragement:
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the software does indeed look interesting, if a bit pricey (I like to keep things under $30 per) Thinking of the missions written for FSX when I saw this photo of "Balls Three" and thought it would be great to have some of these speed and altitude tests, maybe as part of a package including the Bell X-1, This X-15, the lifting bodies etc.. and their support equipment. Maybe set the entire gamut of tests from say 1958-1968 complete with comms and target area with a run down of the telemetry and a 'score sheet' at the end of each test flight.

Now THAT I would pay a bit extry for.

To answer your initial remark, yes - I am deeply interested in all aspects of human achievement in flight. Hopefully we haven't seen anything yet..time will tell.
..then - of course - there's whatever THIS is.. https://coi.tothestarsacademy.com/gimbal
 
It came up in my twitter news feed (I follow NASA) as an archive collection from the Dryden flight research center on the day I posted it (and the other photo’s)
searching at NASA and at the Dryden sites today have been unsuccessful.
I did not bookmark the pages or save the links - sorry
 
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