Capsules: cost effective and capable

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A capsule entails less risk that offers robust abort modes in all phases of ascent as proven by Mercury, Apollo and Soyuz. A capsule system would enjoy a less complicated test program than winged one that would result in less time and money to qualify the system that results in quicker deployments.

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The spaceships that never were

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Some of the prior attempts to create a reusable launch vehicle and the way each fared are overviewed. The DC-X and the DC-XA, the X-33, the X-34, the X-37 and the X-38 are the spacecrafts that are discussed along with their present conditions.

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The first commercial Lunar mission

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TransOrbital Inc is designing and building a spacecraft called TrailBlazer that will support the first commercial moon exploration project. The system is expected to be completed by mid-2003.

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