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Originally Posted by White flag man
Why don't they just build a big ramp, like on an aircraft carrier, so that the planes can take off within a much shorter distance and the rest of the runway can be used for parking. There, problem solved.
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No need, NASA are soon to sell off solid rocket boosters from the shuttle. All they need to do is strap a couple of those on for a bit of extra thrust - or better still, with the boosters, they could do away with the runway altogether and use some sort of elevating ramp (think Thunderbird 2), to allow near vertical take off!