About this episode

This episode explores the fascinating story of NASA's lifting body program and its connection to wingless aircraft.

A real-life sci-fi experiment! The bizarre wingless aircraft from The Six Million Dollar Man was not a Hollywood invention. This is the incredible story of NASA’s lifting body program. 🚀 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• lifting body aircraft
• NASA
• engineering
• aviation
• science fiction
• history of flight

Keywords

• lifting body
• NASA
• aviation engineering
• The Six Million Dollar Man
• wingless aircraft
• science fiction
• aerospace

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Books & works: The Six Million Dollar Man

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