Cost, engine questions put X-34 program in 'real trouble'

NASA could decide as early as today whether to continue the X-34 reusable launch vehicle program, balancing its need for low-cost launches for small satellites against concerns that the Orbital Science/Rockwell team developing the air-launched booster has banked too much on Russia's RD-120 rocket...

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