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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. Observation... by Distan · · Score: 1, Troll

    From the article:

    Professor John Junkins says "The Space Shuttle ... has done everything asked of it -- carry people and carry huge amounts of cargo."

    I guess they forgot to ask it to not explode on launch or break up on reentry. Next time, they need to give better instructions to the spacecraft.