Astronauts Want Lightweight Capsule

BACK TO THE FUTURE NASA's Orbital Space Plane (OSP) would be a lightweight throwaway ballistic capsule that can find its own way home, at least if the astronaut corps has its way. Mike Coats, a former shuttle commander who is Lockheed Martin's vice president for advanced space transportation, says...

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