Aviation の投稿: It’s wild that the whole Shuttle-on-747 piggyback concept was first validated using a simple $40 balsa-wood RC model in the 1970s. NASA engineer John Kiker literally flew a homemade model in a park to prove the separation dynamics would work when everyone else was skeptical. https://t.co/PQBrd09SHL
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@xAviationIt’s wild that the whole Shuttle-on-747 piggyback concept was first validated using a simple $40 balsa-wood RC model in the 1970s. NASA engineer John Kiker literally flew a homemade model in a park to prove the separation dynamics would work when everyone else was skeptical. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]
