[AR] Re: B-58
- From: "James G" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "d0ch011iday" for DMARC)
- To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:53:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: joesmith@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AR] Re: B-58 \ was Ozone etc.
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 03:20:42 -0400
How hard would it be to do something similar out of our present
( over 60 years down the line) technology base (i.e., supposing
an airplane of the same size, general configuration, weight,
payload and speed were to be started as a "clean sheet" project
today)... is there any reason in principle that such performance
isn't compatible with reasonable reliability, or is such high-speed
operation intrinsically going to push structures and systems into
high-maintenance territory?
-dave w
Well.... they wouldn't. Such an aircraft wouldn't have any tactical or
strategic value today. Its role has been replaced low, slow, and stealthy, with
stand-off cruise missiles.
The B-58 was on the bleeding edge at the time and a whole bunch of technologies
had to be invented for it. The technological equivalent of the B-58 today
would be some hypersonic, sub-orbital, or even full orbital craft. And its
probably already been done already in secrut ("Aurora").
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