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The factory system developed in the late eighteenth century, chiefly due to the advances being made in the textile industry. With inventions such as the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, and many others, the making of cloth became much faster, and could be done on a much wider scale .
From 1963 to 1975, NASA tested a group of lifting bodies. The characteristics of these winged research vehicles led to the development of the space shuttle. Image to right: The components of the Space Shuttle system: Orbiter, External Tank, and Solid Rocket Boosters. Today's space shuttle is a unique spacecraft system.