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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #40 on: 11/18/2015 12:21 pm »
Not what you're discussing, but a predecessor study.

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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #41 on: 11/18/2015 06:50 pm »
Interesting that post Shuttle and with 30 years of experience with a winged spacecraft we are going back to capsules and not going with small lifting body spacecraft. Dream Chaser is still a dream.
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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #42 on: 11/18/2015 07:20 pm »
Interesting that post Shuttle and with 30 years of experience with a winged spacecraft we are going back to capsules and not going with small lifting body spacecraft. Dream Chaser is still a dream.

Well, they had problems back then, particularly high landing speeds.

I'm not sure that the problems they had then are necessarily what did in DreamChaser recently. My understanding is that DreamChaser may have been done in by other issues, including a late start and a more complicated design that did not easily fit the specific requirements for the program. But I'm sure that this has all been discussed to death on one of the other more appropriate threads on this site, so I'll stop.

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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #43 on: 01/14/2016 09:53 pm »
Dream Chaser will finally get to fly space missions! Your cargo-taxi has arrived sir... ;D
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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #44 on: 01/15/2016 11:39 am »
Yes, congrats to SNC and the Dream Chaser. Now all the have to do is paint it yellow.  ;D

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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #45 on: 01/15/2016 03:19 pm »
Yes, congrats to SNC and the Dream Chaser. Now all the have to do is paint it yellow.  ;D
"You can have it any color you want as long as its black"

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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #46 on: 11/08/2017 11:23 am »
A little bump before the upcoming Dream Chaser flight test...
« Last Edit: 11/08/2017 12:37 pm by Rocket Science »
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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #47 on: 11/08/2017 04:36 pm »
Yes, congrats to SNC and the Dream Chaser. Now all the have to do is paint it yellow.  ;D
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Well the bottom has to be black as that's the color of  most of the materials that can handle those temps.

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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #48 on: 08/18/2021 01:07 am »
Apparently the Yellowbird mockup that was displayed at the world's fair wound up in the Science Museum of Oklahoma's collection and they can't display it and want it gone. Here is the text of their facebook post about that.

"Science Museum Oklahoma recently deaccessioned a full-sized mock-up of a mini-shuttle heavy lifting body developed by Martin-Marietta in the early 1960s. The prototype of the Martin design is similar to the more widely recognized Boeing Dyna-Soar. This X-24 design is composed of wood and fiberglass and is believed to have been used in the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens, New York where it was used as part of the “Rendevous in Space” space spectacular directed by Academy-Award Winner Frank Capra. The model was moved from New York in the mid-1980s to Oklahoma City. Science Museum Oklahoma no longer has the storage capability to hold it. It weighs approximately 3,750 lbs and measures approximately 24’ long 12’ wide and 8 ½’ tall (with wings removed). We believed we had a destination for the model spacecraft, but now we are again looking for a good home that would be interested in receiving it. Shown here with wings detached, but we do have both wings.
Unfortunately, time is short. It MUST be moved off-site prior to August 30.  So not looking for suggestions on what to do with it, just putting it out there in case somebody wants it and can get it before time is up! Thanks all!!"


It would be a shame something so unique gets wrecked.

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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #49 on: 08/18/2021 03:54 am »
Should be in the smithsonian

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Re: Before Dream Chaser: The Martin Space Taxi “Yellowbird”
« Reply #50 on: 08/18/2021 02:35 pm »
Not what you're discussing, but a predecessor study.

Would you be in a position to post a scan of the entire paper?

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