Space Shuttle's "Return to Flight"

[scaeagles]

It is most certainly time for something new. The shuttle program served the country well, but there are certainly better ideas on the drawing board....there have to be. I have seen concept drawings of potential replacements for the shuttle, but i wonder if the military is using them and they are therefore classified.

[TigerLily]

Not to long ago they were test flying a small plane type craft that made it to the no gravity stage and made it back twice. They could improve on this design and get something better. I was hoping they would get away from the old school shuttle and desgn something better. We have the engineering and know how, but maybe they don't want to commit the funds...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by TigerLily

Not to long ago they were test flying a small plane type craft that made it to the no gravity stage and made it back twice.

That was private and had nowhere near the capacity for either crew or cargo/experiment equipment necessary for NASA's purposes, unfortunately. It barely had enough room for the pilot.