[Jonathan]

They aim to DOMINATE space.

Don't rely on your GPS for too long.

Now we can catch up with China! Their new Space Plane ROCKS!

Thanks for shopping at Walmart!

[Bigh4u2]

I hope they didn’t make it out of the same material they make their cars from..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06LjugtIUo

[bannie]

Thanks to billyblytheclinton for selling 'em all of our military secrets, too!

And, HEY! We were also so obliging in selling 'em all of our "scrap" metal (Recall metal drives of WWII???)!

[RightWhale]

Pictures tell a thousand words.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

I think they should actually go to space before they can dominate it.

[El Gato]

US Space Plane

1959 photo

[null and void]

Images from the stoly:

Original Shenlong Photo: First seen on December 11, 2007, the Shenlong space vehicle is seen suspended from a Xian H-6 bomber from an unknown unit. Source: Chinese Internet

Shenlong Closeup: This out-take from the December 11 photo shows the Shenlong to be a small rocket powered unmanned space plane, as seen from the black heat shielding. Source: Chinese Internet

New Shenlong View: On December 12, 2007 another Chinese web poster offered this computer generated rendering of the Shenlong with a vertical stabilizer, using a curious “trapeze” suspension from an H-6 bomber. It cannot be confirmed that this will be the final configuration for an H-6 launching of the Shenlong. Source: Chinese Interent

Chinese Space Plane Concepts: Chinese institutes have studied many space plane concepts over the last two decades. Perhaps most interesting was the involvement of the 601 Institute, a jet fighter designer, in a two-stage small space plane concept, with a model seen at the Shenyang Aircraft Co. factory museum (bottom). Source: Chinese Internet

Recent CALT Shuttle Concept: This is a possible CALT space shuttle concept that China may develop by 2020. Source: Chinese Internet

China’s “Hermes” Space Plane: A December 16 photo shows a model of the Shenlong and a new model of the Chinese “Hermes” space plane, which is very to a wind tunnel test model the author found at the 1996 Zhuhai Airshow (bottom). Source: Chinese Internet

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Thanks for shopping at Walmart!

Thanks for being a union thug!

[the invisib1e hand]

You first!

[1rudeboy]

Thanks for shopping at Walmart!

I shop at Wal-Mart, mostly for batteries, birdseed and phone cards. None are made in China.

[Brad from Tennessee]

AVIATION WEEK: Two-Stage-to-Orbit ‘’Blackstar’’ System Shelved at Groom Lake? (2006)

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/030606p1.xml

[Chode]

[steve86]

Many here will live to see a joint Chinese-Russian nuclear attack on the U.S. mainland. Some will not live, at least in any kind of comfort, for very much longer after that.

[anymouse]

Apparently you missed this thread.

[KevinDavis]

Time for a Space Force..

[SunkenCiv]

lifting body:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-010-DFRC.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-011-DFRC.html