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   "tomcat"  wrote in message   
   news:1139620100.837895.302360@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...   
   > Wings use air to gain an advantage on gravity.   
      
   How much air is there at typical Shuttle altitudes? How much advantage does   
   air provide to wings at that altitude?   
      
   > Today, however, a waverider design shouldn't be all that difficult with   
   > the knowledge and materials base that exists in 2006.  Titanium is   
   > plentiful and easily worked.  The SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engine) has   
   > proven to be reliable.  The tile problem has been solved (Don't tell   
   > NASA -- they haven't found out yet.).  And, slush hydrogen tanks have   
   > solved the volume problem for hypergolic hydrogen/lox burners like the   
   > SSME.   
      
   Feel the breeze with all that handwaving.   
      
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