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Re:NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on Space... by dylan604 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @04:45PM (#41341344)
Wasn't the U2 a skunkworks project where they just did it vs opening it up for input from committee whether from corporate or bureaucratic? Starliner was far far from that. From day one, everyone's fingers were in the pie.
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Re:NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on Space... by CoastalCoder on Saturday August 24, 2024 @08:44PM (#41343295)
Tangent, but I've seen a U2 at the Air Force Museum in Dayton. It's amazing how small that thing is, given its capabilities.
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Re:NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on Space... by hedgehog on Saturday August 24, 2024 @10:01PM (#41343697)
U2 was Skunkworks, they started with an existing airframe (F-104?) and worked from there. Significant compromises, for example the wings droop so much they skid on the ground on landing and it's use was limited by the improved anti-aircraft missiles that became available around the same time.
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