Bah… The only reason the space shuttle had wings as large as they were was due to meddling by the Air Force… Like some insane requirement to deliver payload to a polar orbit and then land in the US in like one orbit….
They could get to a polar orbit, but then there was not enough leftover payload ability to actually send anything useful to orbit.
Bah… The only reason the space shuttle had wings as large as they were was due to meddling by the Air Force… Like some insane requirement to deliver payload to a polar orbit and then land in the US in like one orbit….
They could get to a polar orbit, but then there was not enough leftover payload ability to actually send anything useful to orbit.