To add to this...I wouldn't mind being able to go directly from The Tower to the next mission as well. The traffic is orbit -> mission -> orbit -> Tower -> orbit -> mission -> orbit -> Tower -> orbit. My only worry with this suggestion becomes once we are off Earth...it makes sense to go to orbit then to the tower...but on Earth...why would you fly into orbit and then back down...back up...back down...makes more sense to fly directly since we are already down here in the atmosphere.