The X-20 Dyna Soar Mach 20 ‘Scramjet’ Space Plane Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

The X-20 Dyna Soar Mach 20 ‘Scramjet’ Space Plane Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

Synopsis: The X-20 Dyna-Soar was a Cold War-era attempt to build a reusable, piloted, winged spaceplane that could ride a booster into space, “skip” along the edge of the atmosphere at hypersonic speed, and return for a gliding landing. Though it never progressed beyond mock-ups before cancellation in 1963, the program helped push early thinking on re-entry shapes, guidance, hypersonic aerodynamics, and thermal management. X-37B. Image Credit: C…