[HN Gopher] X-15B (2019)
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       X-15B (2019)
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2022-09-25 03:28 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | AustinDev wrote:
       | This is what evolved into the X-37B we have today, isn't it?
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37
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       | I'd never heard of the X-15B before your post, very interesting.
       | It's crazy that it was manned back then.
        
         | parsimo2010 wrote:
         | Not really. The X-15 is/was a hypersonic research platform,
         | intended to research flight in the (upper) atmosphere. The
         | X-15B, as stated by the OP, was a _manned_ spaceflight program.
         | The X-37 is basically a reusable (unmanned) satellite. They are
         | very different programs. There are perhaps some engineers that
         | worked on both programs because North American eventually
         | became owned by Boeing, but the programs share no design
         | heritage that I can tell.
        
       | Gravityloss wrote:
       | North American also built the Apollo CSM and the Saturn S-II
       | stage, then became Rockwell which built the Space Shuttle.
        
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