USAF official downplays prospects for hypersonic space bomber

The U.S. Air Force's vice chief of staff is downplaying prospects for building a hypersonic space bomber, saying the technology is unlikely to be ready for quite some time. Gen. Michael Moseley told the Precision Strike Association's winter roundtable Jan. 21 that a bomber that could leave the Earth...

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