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NASA's New Space Wheels

Posted by Hemos on from the and-the-wheels-in-the-sky-keep-on-turning dept.

jvarsoke writes "ABCNEWS.com has an article on proposals for NASA's next generation Space Shuttle. But the replacement for the 1970's era wonder look a bit like a step backward baring one exception. Choices are a splash-down capsule, a"half-cone lifting body" (sounds bumpy), and two aircraft landing types . . . and what's that in the upper left corner. Could it be? The Farscape 1 module?"

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  1. Re:There is an old joke that says it all by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well said. Americans tend to me somewhat sniffy about the achivements of the former USSR which I've never understood. Mind you , your average
    yank probably couldn't even find moscow on a map so you can't expect them to understand russia (and ukraine etc) and their achivements. I wonder if someone pointed out to
    Leno that Mir might have been a bit of a clunker towards the end , but where exactly was the american equivalent? Oh thats right, Skylab
    was ditched 20 years ago and until the ISS the yanks didn't have a space station AT ALL!