[NormsRevenge]

Very similar. Lee Majors should've stuck to roping livestock. ;-)

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[Kevin OMalley]

I heard a rumor that the opening sequence from The Six Million Dollar Man was real footage of one of those LBRVs crashing, and that the pilot survived. I wonder how to chase that down...

At any rate, I always thought this technology was interesting, and I keep a jaundiced eye on the shuttle program when they send up 7 astronauts at a time to study microgravity on spiders for the umpteenth time. As far as I can tell, there's only been one mission that REQUIRED all 7 astronauts to be there, when they repaired the Hubble telescope. These lifting body vehicles would have been a suitable, cheaper way to go into space.