wrote:
After 2010, the only spaceplane in the U.S. inventory will be the Air
Force's
mysterious X-37.


I can almost picture it actually being the "Hot Eagle" means of
delivering a squad of Marines to anywhere in the world:
http://op-for.com/2006/07/marines_wa...e_plane_1.html
That would be something so far off its rocker that it would definitely
appeal to the military.
Then there's that fascinating Boeing artwork of X-40 variant with the
RVs riding on either wing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077821/

Pat