[AR] Re: (Off-topic) Straight wings on a spaceplane - what h
From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 19:26:25 -0700
On this subject, the Skylon design uses straight wings out to the tip
engines. There has been a lot of simulation of the flight
characteristics. It does come in belly first. Being mostly a huge
hydrogen tank, reentry heating is low.
