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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:38 am Post subject: NASA: M2-F1 Heralded The Start Of An Era |
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'Look Ma! No Wings!' The planned retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2010 will bring to a close an era that opened in the Antelope Valley nearly a half century ago. The vehicle which began that era - the M2-F1 - was an unlikely forefather to the shuttle. The world's first manned lifting body, the M2-F1 was made of wood, had an internal framework of steel tubes, looked like a bathtub sitting on a tricycle, and had no wings.
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