Russians plan own space plane

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Legend has it that the Soviet Union built a Shuttle clone simply because it had no idea what the Americans were up to, then canned it as soon as they realized what a white elephant it was. With Russia's freshly-revealed pace plane — much like NASA's own X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (pictured) — "it's official," reports Wired's David Axe. "The space race is on again." [Danger Room]