Its Got Wings

Started by davidcolton, 11/03/2006 10:00PM
Posted 11/03/2006 10:00PM Opening Post
A couple months back I commented on the fact that NASA seemed to be going backward in that they plan to phase out the Shuttle and replace it with a capsule.

Now I see that the Russians are doing the exact opposite. They plan to update their Soyez and then replace it with the Kliper, a winged glider. And its interesting that while NASA is putting its money into a capsule, the private sector here in the U.S. is designing winged semi-orbital space craft. There's something ungainly about a spacecraft that just drops out of the sky and goes kerplunk in the water.