Nasa backs 'shuttle successors'

[bbc]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-13124924[/url]

[Ninja Duck]

Space shuttles are kickin' rad.

[WoodenSpoon]

Looks badass.

[Lickem007]

that sounds like a really cool idea

[Helari]

This is the future.

Edit: Commercial space travel news 'erryday.

[HiddenMyst]

Calling it now: Affordable space flights for the average joe within our lifetime

[Anteep2]

[QUOTE=HiddenMyst;29294418]Calling it now: Affordable space flights for the average joe within our lifetime[/QUOTE]

yeah that isn't hard to call at all considering that timespan is almost a century

[DaDillsta]

I doubt it. Space travel would always be expensive as hell, just look at what flights cost now, and gas isn't getting cheaper in our lifetime, if there is any oil left by the time we're dead.

[kaine123]

So how far are we from getting a hyper-drive engine? That's what I want my tax dollars going towards.