[RayChuang88]

Good idea but forget about the use of an Apollo-like capsule. People forget that sea recovery isn't exactly cheap, since you need to pay for the cost of a recovery fleet to go out to fetch the capsule.

A better solution is a lifting-body spacecraft derived from the old Martin X-24A design, scaled up so it can carry up to seven astronauts into low Earth orbit (LEO). Because it dispenses with the big main engines and the cargo compartment, the lifting body can be quite small, probably light enough to be launched by Lockheed Martin Atlas V or Boeing Delta IV derivatives or the proposed launcher that uses a single Shuttle solid rocket booster. With a lifting body, the vehicle can land anywhere there is an 7,000' or longer runway, which means most of the world's commercial airports.

[green iguana]

forget about the use of an Apollo-like capsule. People forget that sea recovery isn't exactly cheap

This is a land-based recovery capsule. Maybe a parasail like they envisioned for Gemini? Article says it'll land somewhere in the Western US.