Nasa's High Altitude Glider Can Fire Rockets Into Space From The Air

Andrew Tarantola, Gizmodo
Thu, 10/30/2014 - 8:40am

It still costs an arm and a leg (and sometimes an entire Antares rocket) to lift crews and cargo into space. So until we get around to building that space elevator we've always wanted, NASA will just have to use this drone-towed, pilot-less, rocket-launching glider.Read more...

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