Definitely came to this thread expecting this link. It's a great story. As an addendum, NASA has been doing research into autopilot control for this sort of sc

Definitely came to this thread expecting this link. It's a great story. As an addendum, NASA has been doing research into autopilot control for this sort of scenario. They call it Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA): http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-041-DFRC.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-041...