In article et,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Steve Hix" wrote in message
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So that is a large part of what makes it different from the single-shot
suborbital flights of the past.


As another poster has already pointed out, two of the four previous manned
suborbital space flights were done with reusable craft.

Yeah, I forgot about the X-15. And I used to have a photo of the X-15
signed by Joe Engle. My bad.