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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
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It is. It's just never been done in the US before. Note that the
Russians have *always* landed on land.


That's not quite true. We did land 100+ shuttle flights on land.

True, X-38 and shuttle both land on runways. I should have specified
that the US has never done it with a manned capsule.

And Stardust and I believe some other missions have landed on land.

True. A few unmanned capsules have landed on land in the US.

Jeff
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