From: bondage@frontiernet.net   
      
   Allen Meece wrote:   
   >   
   > Jeffrey should have said something about the useless capsule design when we   
   > have thirty years experience with winged orbiters. sheesh   
      
      *A* winged orbiter. We only know what the shuttle does. Next nearest   
   thing was the X-15. Experience with a variety of designs would be more   
   useful. at least there were three different US manned capsules.   
      
   >    If Constellation is a gumdrop-shaped spacecraft, it'll never be applicable   
   > to civilian efforts for CATS because it'll need a darn chase boat to pick it   
   up   
   > and then salt water removal, etc. Useless for NGO's.   
      
      Right. But then no one is pretending it's CATS or a CATS precursor.   
   With the possible exception of the military (which, contrarary to your   
   past assertions, doesn't include NASA), your chances are greater at   
   seeing such a vehicle emerge from the civil sector, rather than   
   government.   
      
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