The Rockwell X-30 was an advanced technology demonstrator project for the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP), part of a United States project to create a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) spacecraft and passenger spaceliner. It was cancelled in the early 1990s, before a prototype was completed, although much development work in advanced materials and aerospace design was completed. While a goal of a future NASP was a passenger liner capable of two-hour flights from Washington to Tokyo, the X-30 was planned for a crew of two and oriented towards testing.
Development
The NASP concept is thought to have been derived from the "Copper Canyon" project of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), from 1982 to 1985. In his 1986 State of the Union address, President Ronald Reagan called for "a new Orient Express that could, by the end of the next decade, take off from Dulles Airport, accelerate up to 25 times the speed of sound, attaining low earth orbit or flying to Tokyo within two hours."
Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of canyons consisting of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico. The overall canyon system is larger and portions are deeper than the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
The canyons were formed by six rivers that drain the western side of the Sierra Tarahumara (a part of the Sierra Madre Occidental). All six rivers merge into the Rio Fuerte and empty into the Gulf of California. The walls of the canyon are a copper/green color, which is where the name originates.
Flora and fauna
The Sierra Tarahumara Occidental region contains some twenty-three species of pine and two hundred species of oak trees.
Mexican Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga lindleyana) trees cover the high plateaus in altitudes over 8,000 feet (2,400m), but due to deforestation in the area, many species of wildlife are endangered. Cougars live in the remotest of regions and are rarely seen. After the summer rainy season these upper regions blossom with wildflowers until October.
From 4,000–8,000 feet (1,200–2,400m), oak trees grow in the huge forests as well as the more shade-tolerant types of trees. In the fall the forests become brilliant with color from Andean alder (Alnus acuminata) and poplar (Populus spp.) trees. Brushwood and scrubby trees grow on the canyon slopes, which can accommodate the dry season. Huge fig (Ficus spp.) and palm trees thrive at the bottom where water is plentiful and the climate is tropical.
One of North America’s largest known undeveloped copper deposits, with visions of multiple open pits and a tailings dump stretching down from the mountains toward the narrow SycamoreCanyon’s far rim.
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CopperCanyon OL John-Alexander Lopez on signing with NAU football. Copper Canyon's John-Alexander Lopez talked to The Republic about signing with Northern Arizona football and how being adopted shaped his life.
For years he battled efforts to develop uranium mines near the GrandCanyon, and he emerged as a leading critic of a huge copper mine near Superior... a new national monument near the Grand Canyon.
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Red Canyon Resources said a maiden drilling program has confirmed the discovery of a significant copper-molybdenum system at its flagship Kendal project in west-central British Columbia.
CopperCanyon senior Zalaya Dupre discusses OU track commitment. Copper Canyon senior track athlete Zalaya Dupre goes in detail about her commitment to the University of Oklahoma... Copper Canyon triple jumper commits to Oklahoma.
Daily Press
10 Dec 2024
Daily Press
10 Dec 2024