wouldn't matter. 6 hour for security screening. 3 more waiting to board the damn thing. $10,000 for a coach ticket. no thank you, ill walk my poor azz from ny to la.

Sounds like a nuke bomber. A retaliation bomber..

The programme doesn't seem to include any crew, the main object is to have a reusable platform a'la shuttle.

There seems to be a lot of lifting body stop-start-stop programmes going on. SA X is another with similar form, but different purpose.