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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
There are several space shuttle-esque platforms in some form of service. The Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser is still being developed for NASA cargo transport, but it was designed for crewed missions as well. The Boeing X-37B is a DARPA classified program that has made several trips to space doing spooky stuff, again as a cargo transport.
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^^^This, there is still a lot of work to do in space and we are developing new/better way to put people out there.
The space shuttle program was great but it was developed in 1976... it was time to move on.
http://www.spacex.com/crew-dragon
