Might be fine for a booster, but not so good for an orbiter, where you’d need to take many expensive kilograms of landing fuel all the way into orbit and back.
- mark > On May 12, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Mike Borgelt <mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com> > wrote: > > About how the Shuttle used to land except the vehicle is a lot smaller. > > > > I think wings are the most useless things on spaceships though. Just land it > vertically on rocket thrust as SpaceX is now doing routinely. > > > Mike > > > At 09:54 AM 5/12/2017, you wrote: >> https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/05/top-secret-air-force-spaceplane-lands-with-sonic-boom-after-two-years-in-orbit/ >> >> <https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/05/top-secret-air-force-spaceplane-lands-with-sonic-boom-after-two-years-in-orbit/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring>Borgelt Instruments - >> design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > <http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/>tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: > int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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