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Vega ready to launch spaceplane

• furyg3 12y ago
  With no wings is it really a spaceplane? It looks like a capsule...
  • papercrane 12y ago
    It's a lifting body. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_eXperimental_Vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_eXperimental_Vehi...
• mkrdouble 12y ago
  If you didn't know much about this (I didn't), here's a cool animation of the expected launch and re-entry procedure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSFZAKd-nk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSFZAKd-nk