sorry about the above post - don't know what happened
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/x38_test_010710.html
A NASA prototype for an astronaut "lifeboat" flew in its seventh free-flight Tuesday over California's Mojave Desert, gliding down to a dry lake bed much more smoothly than it did in a previous test last year....
NASA had planned on a $1 billion craft that would be attached to the station. That project was axed in February when it was revealed the International Space Station would overrun projections by $4 billion. The future of the project is uncertain but prototype testing continues....