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Image:M2 Lifting Body ECN 1036.jpg 300px '''M2 Lifting Body (ECN 1036)''' Category:Aircraft

Yehezkel Dror is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Emeritus, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since February 2002 he has served as Founding President of the Jewish ... : ''Public Policymaking Reexamined; Crazy States: A Counterconventional Security Problem; A Grand-Strategy for Israel (''in Hebrew''); and, most recently, The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome; ''and ''Epistle to an Israeli Jewish-Zionist Leader ''(in Hebrew). He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and of the ...

... . So, it is thus no surprise that the earliest calendars were lunar. Very early, in 5000 BCE, the Egyptians developed a calendar with a year that was regulated by the moon and ... established civilizations along the banks of major rivers. Sometime between 3200 and 2800 BCE the calendar was developed in Mesopotamia, and then copied by the Greeks. Their year was divided into ... various schemes were invented to compensate for this discrepancy. Around 2000 BCE the Babylonian's calendar added an extra month every four years, while others attempted to correct the discrepancy by ...

... . Post, 4/2/64; M&R, 4/6/64, 10)'' According to Hebrew Univ. sources, Dr. Menahem Steinberg of Hebrew Univ. in Jerusalem had developed new oxidizer for use in solid-fuel ...

... vehicle could reenter from space, maneuver through the atmosphere, and safely make a deadstick landing. M2-F3 was the third version of Ames Research Center 's M-2 lifting-body design ... vehicle and injuring the pilot. The lifting body was rebuilt, incorporating modifications, and designated M2-F3 . The M2-F3 made more than 37 glide and powered flights with a jet reaction control ...

... end of second exposure. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' NASA authorized partial restoration of primary structure of M2-F2 lift­ing-body vehicle so it could be removed from inspection jig used to ... by late summer. OART would determine future research work on M2-F2 from "flight results and other experience obtained from both the M2 and the HL-10." ''(FRC Release 10-68; ARC ...

... damaged in accident May 10, 1967, would be repaired, modified, and returned to service as M2-F3 , NASA announced. Modifications would include center-stabilizing fin, special equipment for use as test ... research, jet reaction roll control system, and improved internal components for precise maneuvering by pilot. M2-F3 would rejoin HL-10 and X-24 in NASA-USAF flight research program to ...

... completed at 9100-km (30 000-ft) altitude to verify B-52/adapter/heavy-weight M2-F3 compatibility, check out propellant system, and check out jettison system. Flight portion followed air ... 000-ft) altitude to expand launch envelope, study transonic configuration, investigate lateral phugoid present on M2-F2 , check out reaction control system, and evaluate nose window requirements. ''(NASA Proj Off)'' NASA ...

... , and 65.8° inclination. ''( Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC SSR, 2/28/71)'' NASA's M2-F3 lifting body vehicle, piloted by Maj. Jerauld R. Gentry (USAF), successfully completed fifth flight ... - 52 aircraft at FRC. Purpose of flight was to compare flight characteristics of M2-F3 with those of M2-F2 . Maj. Gentry was only active pilot who had flown both vehicles. Mission ...

... , and 51.6° inclination, ( Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC SSR, 2/28/71)'' NASA's M2-F3 lifting-body vehicle, piloted by test pilot William H. Dana, completed sixth flight after air launch from B-52 aircraft over FRC. Objectives were to obtain M2-F3 and B-52 adapter compatibility by captive flight at 9000-m (30 000-ft ... to mach 0.85 by climbing to 13 700 m (45 000 ft) and releasing M2-F3 , obtain stability and control data at mach 0.8, investigate lateral phugoid, and obtain ...

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