[PIF]

hat the service has no intention of purchasing any more of the winged, reusable vehicles, which resemble a smaller version of NASA’s now returned space shuttle.

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Translation: we would like to buy more space vehicles, but due to the severe budgets cuts already implemented and still more severe ones to come, plus the tremendous cost of the F-35, we will have to make due with what we have.

[U-238]

They can possibly buy more X-37s through the USAF black budgets.