This was my first thought too, because I've heard they've been working on deployment systems to get groundpounders to an AO very quickly, for example one of the

This was my first thought too, because I've heard they've been working on deployment systems to get groundpounders to an AO very quickly, for example one of the rumored applications of the x37b being for HALO insertion. Galus, what do you base your claim on that a hypersonic config can't go "slow enough"?