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Originally Posted by kach22i
As I understand it a lifting body is much more compact, which is why the International Space Station has one.
Some how I confused this project with the X-33 or maybe even another project. I'm sort of blindsided by this, still absorbing it.
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Kach,
It is cool stuff and I have no prior or current knowledge of the project. In aero, however, lift is lift: Lifting bodies (per Barnaby Wayfan [sp?]) are not a static design.
Powered LB's would have a different aspect than purely gliding LBs, which have been around for a long time.
I do love this stuff.