No Mystery About Spaceplanes
Reader Tom Megna doesn’t “get” spaceplanes (AW&ST May 24, p. 10). Spaceplanes are airplanes. They have rocket engines, reaction controls and thermal protection but are airplanes in engineering essentials. Also, they are fully reusable and are piloted. Thus, 100 years of flight safety experience can...
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