[Salgak]

Oh, and as for rockets that can use Airports: McDonnell-Douglas was working that 5+ years ago with the DC-X/ Delta Clipper project: Single Stage To Orbit: Rockets the way God and Heinlein intended (g)

[rangerofrage]

The Delta Clipper was so cool. It was such a shame that they cancelled it. It reminded me of some books I read as a kid, Tom Corbet Space Cadet. The Clipper reminded me of their space cruiser, Polaris. But the Polaris was much bigger and had atomic engines. It had a crew of only three, Tom, Roger Manning and Astro a swarthy Venisun. Ha! Those were the days.