With shuttle's fate largely sealed,does that mean winged spaceship is dead,and will remain dead in the forseeable future?

I always like winged spaceplane,and hate capsule,no matter how secure
the capsule is,although after Columbia disaster,shuttle's final demise
is certain and winged spaceship is out of fashion, I still hope I can
see spaceship gliding back from space like a bird rather than smashing
into earth like a big,stupid rock.I also hear that for the past half
century,the Air Force,just like me,always has a thing for winged
spaceship,is that true?If so,is that possible that the Air Force does
not yet give up design of spaceplan and some secret work is still going
on in some secret bases?

(Because I'm quite uninformed concerning space policy and technology,I
asked a rather stupid question,hopefully,there are knowledgeable people
here who can help me)