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superchunk on 22 September 2010
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darthdevidem01 said:
superchunk said:

"In the future, Skylon could be used in place of NASA's Space Shuttle to transport astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station."

That quote is funny considering that the Shuttles are about to be decommisioned anyways and Russia/EU will do all the heavy lifting until this and other commercialized transport vehicles are finalized. Though, I am pretty sure there are at least two other US companies that will have a transport vehicle sooner than 2020.

Not just 2 american

but Virgin (UK company) plans to have one out by 2015

Ah, virgin was one of the companies I was thinking of; didn't know it was UK. So the other US company is like skyone or something. I'd have to research it if I cared that much.

I want to see a real spacecraft that can take off and actually travel in space with no issues. Not these hybrid rocket-planes that just barely reach orbit.

Something that can take off, go to space, tag moon, land and then repeat within an hour or so if desired.