> Virgin Galactic is at least taking a novel approach with the spaceplane though. Sticking rocket-propelled spaceplane under big aircraft and landing horizonta

> Virgin Galactic is at least taking a novel approach with the spaceplane though. Sticking rocket-propelled spaceplane under big aircraft and landing horizontally was also done in 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15