It works for a job it isn’t used for: launching into a polar orbit to emplace secret military satellites, and gliding a very long distance back to base without a need for a splashdown recovery that might risk its secrecy.
That’s what gave it the wings, and once you have the wings the rest of the design follows.
It works for a job it isn’t used for: launching into a polar orbit to emplace secret military satellites, and gliding a very long distance back to base without a need for a splashdown recovery that might risk its secrecy.
That’s what gave it the wings, and once you have the wings the rest of the design follows.