http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/the-spaceplane-still-early-days/ NAVIGATING THROUGH DYSTOPIA Wed, 22 May 2013 07:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/the-spaceplane-still-early-days/#comment-798 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:44:13 +0000 http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/?p=992#comment-798 Yes, and I can see why the Chinese, for instance, might not like that idea one bit!

]]> http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/the-spaceplane-still-early-days/#comment-795 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:37:52 +0000 http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/?p=992#comment-795 Imagine…a radar-invisible spaceplane…

]]> http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/the-spaceplane-still-early-days/#comment-793 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:58:08 +0000 http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/?p=992#comment-793 True – I suppose in that way, they’re a bit like nuclear subs (only faster, more visible and in the air rather than in the ocean)..

]]> http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/the-spaceplane-still-early-days/#comment-786 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:30:26 +0000 http://alexjc38.wordpress.com/?p=992#comment-786 The military appeal of spaceplanes concerns the fact that satellites and ballistic missiles obviously follow easy-to-determine trajectories, so the enemy can comfortably stop them. With a spaceplane things are radically different.

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