Message posted by Peter Merlin (Member since 11/13/2003) on December 16, 2023 at 10:05:21 PST:
Lockheed's company-funded design study was interesting but never seemed to gain much support from potential customers. In 1990, the Lockheed Skunk Works attempted to interest NASA in an optionally manned High Altitude Atmospheric Research Platform (HAARP) to support upper atmospheric ozone studies to altitudes of at least 100,000 feet. Despite seriously considering a variety of configurations, NASA elected not to fund HAARP and the project faded into obscurity.
In Reply to: Giant Lockheed pre-Quartz HALE unmanned aerial vehicle proposal from 1983 posted by Vahe Demirjian on December 15, 2023 at 20:52:17 PST:
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