No, I simply cannot understand why the military has been allowed to design
this. Surely if it is of any use as in this thread, someone, somewhere
should have twigged it earlier, and seen the potential.
Is it a case of left hand not knowing what right hand is up to on a grand
scale, or is the space plane either rubbish, or designed for something more
sinister?
How many crew does it have, and also how safe is it given the current
criteria of nasa future vehicles?
Brian

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Note this article from November 12, 2002:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2453603.stm

Quote:

"The US space agency (Nasa) is to accelerate the
development of a replacement for the space shuttle
and produce a "lifeboat" for the International Space
Station (ISS)."


This is not a new idea.