Rockwell's X-33 draws on Shuttle lessons for operability

Rockwell's concept for the X-33 reusable launch vehicle testbed draws on the company's experience building and maintaining the Space Shuttle to cut space launch costs with technology that wasn't available when the Shuttle was developed in the 1970s. Top X-33 officials at Rockwell told The DAILY...

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