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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Delta-glider Mk.4 (and many other cool spaceplanes) from ''[[Orbiter]]''. It can do an Earth to Moon and Earth to Mars journey easily.
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*** The XR2 Ravenstar is probably one of the more awesome examples from orbiter, as its basically a Space capable reimagining of the [[Cool Plane/Real Life|SR-71 Blackbird]], and has the gloriously powerful engines to match.
* ''[[Freelancer]]'' space ships seem fully capable of launching and landing, though gameplay always uses docking rings, presumably for traffic control.
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* The Silbervogel design from [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|Nazi Germany]].
* The British HOTOL (Horizontal Take Off Or Landing) project, cancelled in 1988 after development problems.
* The European Space Agency [https://
* [[wikipedia:Rockwell X-30|X-30]] "National Aerospace Plane", which was never built. A smaller version, the [[wikipedia:NASA X-43|X-43]], reached a maximum speed of nearly Mach 10 using a [[wikipedia:Pegasus rocket|Pegasus missile]] as a booster. Keep in mind that to be a true Space Plane, an aircraft would need to reach somewhere around Mach 25, depending on what altitude you were at, ''without'' a booster.
* The XCOR [[wikipedia:Lynx rocketplane|Lynx]] rocketplane. It will only be able to reach Mach 2 or 3, however, and will be limited to brief, sub-orbital spaceflight only.
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