Veto Aerospace 'Ibis' Munar/Minmus spaceplane

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Veto Aerospace, once upon a time, built a spaceplane. They called it the Ibis. It was compact, compared to the Kestrel, it was lighter than the Kestrel, it was more controllable in atmosphere than the Kestrel and it was an all-round badass spaceplane. However, all of them have since been decommisioned, destroyed through mission failure, or destroyed by Atlaniego\'s sodding nukes.

Well, it\'s time for Round 2.

VA\'s new Ibis has a similar design to the previous incarnation, but utilises the latest technology and engineering techniques. It\'s landing gear has moving wheels, which are also retractable, it\'s engines include both space and atmospheric to allow for greater maneuvrability in atmosphere [and so it doesn\'t have to rely on a single sodding-great-big-twin-bell-engine. It has ASAS, unlike its predecessor, and it also has the latest in Veto Aerospace\'s badass styling, which gives it a similar look to a jet fighter.

Takeoff.

Orbit.

It was wheelying like this for a full 40 seconds.

Finally getting the bird down. It landed fine.