re: NASA shuttle replacement crashes in landing test
Thankfully, it was a 'test' and thankfully it did not carry astronauts and moonrocks in extra weight.
Hopefully, it will be better engineered and even 'packaged' for future actual landings.
I've wondered if during Gemini or Apollo if this had gotten into the mainstream press.
Nonetheless, they have their work cut out out for them.
I keep thinking that if we did it in ten years, then why not do the same and even better now.