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I can't believe they stopped for something so minor. "Flawed concept", "poor test results", smh, Cold War military budgets would never have given up so quickly
One thing is sure though, had it been developed during the cold war, it would have had a cooler name.
And on that topic, here is one if the coolest named projects from the cold war, the Boeing X-20:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar