Apparently the C-5 was considered for the Shuttle Carrier aircraft, with either a piggyback system, or a strange double fuselage, with the shuttle suspended from a straight wing in the middle.
Twin Fuselage
Piggyback:
How might this effect space development? The shuttle will still be a sorta bad spacecraft, but might this effect other things? The c-5 would have to be owned by the airforce, so it might cause more integration between the two...
Twin Fuselage
Piggyback:
How might this effect space development? The shuttle will still be a sorta bad spacecraft, but might this effect other things? The c-5 would have to be owned by the airforce, so it might cause more integration between the two...
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