Lock, F/S-1

Lockheed/Dornier F/S-1 Lock Space Fighter

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The Lock was designed by Lockheed and Dornier in the formers German based design facilities but final testing and the majority of the manufacture was carried out by the Lockheed Plant in the U.S. with small amounts being built by the Dornier plant and even a few dozen were assembled by Martin Marietta.

The Lock was the Earth’s first successful fighter craft to be used in outer space [the earlier attempts all either ended in explosions or with the pilots being splattered over the interior].

The Lock was not much to look at and was basically a saucer shaped main body with the pilot actually laying down and facing towards the “front” [the direction that the main gun is facing] the rest of the craft consisted of three powerful jet engines powered by hydrogen power cells and a forward facing 50cm rail auto-cannon.

The Lock was only in service for 38 years and was of limited utility since it took an entire rocket to loft a single craft into space and crude refueling and re-arming platforms were built in space.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">These craft were never meant to re-enter orbit.