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Re:Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 400 days ... by deletes on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @09:18AM (#7177483)
Didn't think of that. In that case a specialized icbm would be better. As space-x shows you don't need wings to be accurate from orbit.

Nasa should really drop this winged approach. They can't because they have experience and scientists on that field, and change is hard.

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Re:Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 400 days ... by mcguire on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @02:06PM (#7179572)
NASA has. The shuttle program is deceased. This isn't NASA's.

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/index.html#.UvE53R_E...

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