NASA and the DOD tried to make this with Copper Canyon / NASP / X-30. They couldn't make it fly, and they had cubic billions of dollars to try with. Today, the

NASA and the DOD tried to make this with Copper Canyon / NASP / X-30. They couldn't make it fly, and they had cubic billions of dollars to try with. Today, the children of Von Braun, tail-sitting rockets like the DC-X, which is Blue Origin and Space-X, are progressing towards the amazing reality of boring reliable transport to space without crazy wings and dwelling in thick atmosphere. https://thehighfrontier.blog/2016/01/02/reagans-impossible-dream-the-x-30-national-aerospace-plane/ https://thehighfrontier.blog/2016/01/02/reagans-impossible-d...