Ed Kyle wrote:

"Recovery of a payload from space using the N-wing parafoil was
demonstrated in classified tests."

Is there any info about this test?



None I've ever read; but I can think of something that could have
carried it and was recovered:
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/space_flight/sf0b.htm
There's also this thing, which bears a passing resemblence to the Space
Cruiser:
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/boohicle.htm
And this program: http://www.astronautix.com/craft/hgv.htm

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