You would have myriad problems associated with aerodynamic heating, high aerodynamic loadings, and very probably a host of other problems that no one can now conceive of.
The last possibility, of course, was that the Soviets had discovered some completely new aerodynamic concept that would give saucer performance.
The first three groups are capable of flight by aerodynamic or aerostatic means and can be propelled and controlled by methods known to aeronautical engineers.
The ship was found to be within the bounds of aerodynamic laws for operations in our atmosphere.
It's probably smart aerodynamic design, sure, but it serves another purpose too.
Maybe all the aerodynamic and propulsion tricks in the world can't compensate for the fact that turbines need to breathe.
Soviet booster technology and aerodynamic know-how might be what made the project go, but when all was said and done, it was the money that talked.
Their supercomputer's revolutionary aerodynamicdesign had made it possible.
Of course, I no more wanted information about Aerodynamic Resistance than I did about briar pipes and amber beads.
High-powered engines are very expensive to run and every effort has therefore to be made by aerodynamic efficiency to carry more useful load with less horse-power.
