On Nov 11, 1:17�pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Me wrote:
On Nov 11, 9:50 am, (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
means this

� � � � As, clearly, building a human-carrying spaceplane based on the
work of a robot spacecraft whose first flight might be sometime next year
if all goes well that launches on an expendable rocket will be faster and
cheaper than building a human-carrying capsule spacecraft that launches
on an expendable rocket. �

No, it doesn't.

I think Mr. Nebus was being satirical.

Pat

there have been rumors of a earlier air launched space plane.......
vaguely recall it might have been helpful for columbia crew