Re: NIFT Stealth II Trial AAR

Not so much an argument as a thought to be evaluated.
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 21:49:29 +0200 (CEST) Derk Groeneveld
<derk@cistron.nl> writes:
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>On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Laserlight wrote:
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>> 
>> Glenn said
>> > I thought the stealth benefits of the F117 make it a *Less*
>> aerodynamic
>> > design for flight?  That's why it's nicknamed the Wobbling' Goblin
>> (Or
>> > some such) IIRC...
>> 
>> The 117 is *extremely* aerodynamic, compared to eg a Der Theuerdank
>> NSL hull
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>But is this a valid argument? The F117 is an aircraft turned stealth, 
>and
>it's less aerodynamic than normal aircraft. Given the constraints of a
>spacecraft, does it take more effort to make a stealthed, aerodynamic
>spacecraft, than it does to make only stealthed or only aerodynamic
>spacecraft? Those are very different matters entirely?
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>Cheers,
>
>  Derk
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