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Northrop LBEC

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Northrop LBEC Northrop Lifting Body Escape Concept - 3 crew - an ancestor of the X-38.

AKA: Lifting Body Escape Concept. Status: Study 1976. Gross mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Height: 5.80 m (19.00 ft). Span: 3.50 m (11.40 ft).

A crew of three would be accommodated in a pressurized cabin. The pilot would be required to actively control the spacecraft for retrofire, re-entry, and landing. Development of new heat shield materials would be required. In this Northrop proposal can be seen the same approach used in the X-38 a quarter of a century later. Mass per crew 650 kg.

Crew Size: 3.