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That was amazing. The coolest thing I have ever seen.

I am going to watch it launch from my back yard.

Stephen Baxter wrote a novel about a manned landing on mars in the 80s, Voyage. Back on topic: Crewed mars landings, crewed Venus flybys, and maybe, if the public approved, some sort of Earth-Moon System infrastructure. But that is a very optimistic assumption.

Really? I thought they did. The X-37 is really cool.

I am aware of its military applications though I don't believe that it was a complete military vehicle from the start. I think that the air force wanted their own orbiter for military use from Vandenburg. EDIT: Double Ninja'd!

As the title implies, this thread is about the space shuttle and what you think space travel would be like if it had accomplished its goals of being a cheaper, more reliable launch vehicle with fast turn-around times. Discuss!

Very cool. Stephen Baxter would be proud.

I know. I was following the philosophy of moar boosters and was also inspired by Stephen Baxter's short story War Birds (Which is a very awesome story).

I think I have a new favorite modification. Also: Space Shuttles with four SRBs are very awesome.

That's awesome!

Question! Does the Soyuz TMA docking port mate with the buran's? I want to build a makeshift station with the buran as the core module.