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able to fly from airport runways

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directly into his orbit and withstand

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temperatures up to 5,000 degrees the

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National aerospace plane represents the

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future in aeronautics and space

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technology NASA and the Department of

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Defense are co-sponsoring a unique

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cooperative effort among aerospace

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companies to design and develop the

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airframe materials and systems for the

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national aerospace plane scheduled to

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begin flights in the late 1990s the

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aerospace plane follows in the footsteps

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of a distinguished series of

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experimental aircraft that overcame many

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obstacles beginning with the bell x-1

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Chuck Yeager's historic flight broke the

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sound barrier in the 60s the x-15 flew

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at seven times the speed of sound

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more recently the x29 with its

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sophisticated forward swept wing design

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proved advanced materials

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pewter rated controls yield unmatched

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maneuverability when the next

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experimental plane the x30 becomes a

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reality

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it will furnace a set of ramjet scramjet

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sand finally rocket propulsion flying

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directly into orbit the promise of

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low-cost access to space has also

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encouraged the Europeans and Japanese to

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begin working on their own versions of

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the space plane while the interest in

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creating such a technology is very high

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it presents unique can even daunting

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challenges no existing plane or wind

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tunnel can duplicate the 17,500 miles

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per hour the X 30 will attain computer

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models are being used to simulate the

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shock waves and heat the X 30 will

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encounter as it roars through Earth's

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atmosphere nearly 30 times faster than a

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jet airliner materials for the plane

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must meet rival needs of strength

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lightness and ability to withstand

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searing temperatures at re-entry unlike

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a previous design resembling a Concorde

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the new x thirties wide fuselage

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provides much of the plane's lift and

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a wide nose directs airflow into the

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planes air breathing ramjet and scramjet

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engines dual vertical tails have been

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added for greater stability at all

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America's national aerospace plane

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technology that promises affordable