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Two-Stage-to-Orbit Spaceplane Program Shelved

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday March 6, 2006 @02:56AM from the bad-news dept.

MadMorf writes "According to this article in Aviation Week, for nearly twenty years the USAF and "a team of aerospace contractors" has designed, built and tested a two-stage-to-orbit spaceplane, which could be used for "reconnaissance, satellite-insertion and, possibly, weapons delivery". Now this highly classified project may have been shelved for budgetary reasons."

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no longer funded....has been shelved...lol by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-06 03:00 · Score: 3, Funny

sure it has. ;-) Probably just means it went operational.
1. Re:no longer funded....has been shelved...lol by VJ42 · 2006-03-06 03:08 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Probably just means it went operational.
  
  We'll just have to check out Area 51 for strange occurrences to find that out...
  
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So... by jimbo3123 · 2006-03-06 03:00 · Score: 5, Funny

So, now the program that "Doesn't exist" doesn't exist any more.

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Re:I love The Slashdot Headline by HotBBQ · 2006-03-06 03:05 · Score: 2, Funny

It turned into Weekly World News when Bat Boy and reborn baby Elivis took over editing and mod duties.
Wrong department by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-06 03:06 · Score: 1, Funny

The bad news dept. seems wrong. I think this should be under the nothing to see here really nothing to see here dept.