NASA SMV

[hesham]

Hi,

dear CammNut spoke about this space vehicle before,here;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1405.msg12858/highlight,smv.html#msg12858
http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2001/0901wings.pdf

 

[starviking]

But, wasn't the SMV supposed to be unmanned? The pic you posted shows a cockpit. In fact, that resembles one of the 'TAV' concepts. It was shown in a picture (I can't locate it at the moment) featuring a frontal view of a craft like the one in your picture powering off a runway with the aid of a turbofan-festooned craft that seemed mostly wing.

 

[Orionblamblam]

In fact, that resembles one of the 'TAV' concepts.

Resmbles a TAV a *lot.*


See the designs in this thread:

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2913.0/

 

[robunos]

reading the link from above:-

http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2001/0901wings.pdf

the craft in the image is the 'space orbiting vehicle, SOV', which, quote,' is the "bus" that will caryy the SMV and other satellites into orbit'

cheers,
Robin.

 

[hesham]

Is that the NASA SMV ?.

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19990405/28/2

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

I remember that! It's an issue from 1999, isn't it? I remember spending time in my ship's library sketching that out of their copy of AWST.