Future Robotic Shuttles?

The truth is that due to politics and short termism, so far nobody has
managed to make an evolutionary manned space program.
To me, the up and down mass should be some kind of seperate system, maybe
accurate parachuted landings and conventional take offs, but manned vehicles
should be evolving toward winged vehicles for convenience and safety as
well.

I'd imagine a winged return vehicle for just people is a lot less of a
problem than trying to do it for large lumps of gear.


Brian

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Jeff Findley wrote:
The cost and safety problems with the shuttle
could never have been completely solved with evolutionary changes.

No, they would never be COMPLETELY solved.

But the shuttle system would improve over the years, fine tuned and
using new materials where possible.

And more importantly, it would not reach a date where all shuttles are
declared too old and the whole system is shutdown.