credit: ESA
The European Space Agency has released a video with an animation of its planned 2012 reentry technology demonstrator Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV). As well as showing the mission profile the video shows the IXV's design and construction
click through to the extended portion of this blog post to see the IXV test flight animation
Hhhhm, is that Brian Eno on the soundtrack? Music for orbital reentry is maybe a sequel to Music for Airports.
I think it's funny that ESA might be going reusable glider at the same time that the US abandons the shuttle concept.